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Parents of young kids urged to be conscious about digital toys
The holiday season is not too far off and many will soon be hitting the stores for gifts.For those looking to get something for young children, some groups are advising people to keep certain things i...
Nov 22, 2019 Parents are encouraged to think about the gifts they give to young children this holiday season. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Redden on the Raiders: Boston brewin’ up a great start, point production in November, and a big test this weekend
It's an early-season heavyweight tilt Friday night as the WHL's leading team, the Prince Albert Raiders, head to Lethbridge to take on the second-place Hurricanes.This is the second of four meetings b...
Nov 22, 2019 Raiders goaltender Boston Bilous has been the busiest netminder in the WHL so far this season. Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff
Quebec 'part of solution' finance minister says in bid to ease tension with West
MONTREAL - Quebec's finance minister is trying to ease tensions between his province and Western Canada. In an open letter published Friday in the Financial Post, Eric Girard said his province&nb...
Nov 22, 2019
Hamlet of Elk Ridge seeks Resort Village status
Elk Ridge resort is widely known as a great tourist destination, but in recent years more people are choosing to stay and live in the area. As a result of that growth, a process has been rolling out f...
Nov 22, 2019 A photo taken at Elk Ridge in the fall of 2019. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Canadian volunteers helping with Dorian recovery efforts in the Bahamas
A group of Canadian volunteers helping with recovery efforts in the Bahamas say the harrowing story of a Canadian woman's death during hurricane Dorian inspired them to help rebuild a school wher...
Nov 22, 2019
Shanahan on firing Babcock, promoting Keefe: 'Something that needed to be done'
TORONTO - Brendan Shanahan had seen enough. And since he helped bring Mike Babcock to Toronto in the spring of 2015, the president of the Maple Leafs felt it was only right he be there when ...
Nov 22, 2019
Left foot, right foot, Snickers and Skittles — superstitions abound with Grey Cup teams
CALGARY - Football players prefer to call them pre-game rituals rather than superstitions, but some Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats players are particular about what they do in...
Nov 22, 2019
US officials: Don’t eat romaine grown in Salinas, California
NEW YORK - U.S. health officials are telling people to avoid romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, as they investigate a food poisoning outbreak. They also say not to eat the leafy green if th...
Nov 22, 2019
Alberta premier dismisses concerns over firing of election commissioner
CALGARY - Alberta's premier is dismissing concerns over a bill that fires the man who had been investigating wrongdoing within the United Conservative Party. Jason Kenney says he and other c...
Nov 22, 2019
Industry experts say StarMetro, Canada's last commuter daily, will be missed
Industry experts say the recent closure of the StarMetro newspapers in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Halifax and Toronto comes at a cost to some communities that still rely on the free commuter d...
Nov 22, 2019
