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Elizabeth Banks to be honoured by Harvard's Hasty Pudding
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard University's famed Hasty Pudding theatre troupe has named actor and director Elizabeth Banks as the group's 2020 Woman of the Year. The troupe's leaders made the announcemen...
Jan 14, 2020
Surge in iodide pill orders after false alarm at Ontario nuclear power plant
TORONTO - Ontarians have placed more than 32,000 orders for iodide pills in the two days following a false alarm about an incident at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. Ontario Power Generation say...
Jan 14, 2020
Trump sets sights on Sanders on eve of Democratic debate in Des Moines
WASHINGTON - Bernie Sanders, the gesticulating, septuagenarian senator with the fixation on Canada's universal health-care system, seems to have caught the attention of Democrats i...
Jan 14, 2020
Erroneous nuclear alert issued during training exercise, Ont. government says
TORONTO - The unintended release of an Ontario-wide alert about an "incident" at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station on Sunday has sparked a provincial investigation ...
Jan 14, 2020
More shippers and shipping companies promise to avoid Arctic routes
Environmental groups are applauding international shippers and shipping companies that have voluntarily promised to stay away from controversial Arctic routes. "We were really excited to get this...
Jan 14, 2020
'It feels good': Serena Williams ends 3-year title drought
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Serena Williams ended a three-year title drought when she beat fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to win the singles final at the ASB Classic. Williams hadn't wo...
Jan 14, 2020
Australian Open qualifying begins despite poor air quality
MELBOURNE, Australia - Smoke haze and poor air quality caused by wildfires temporarily suspended practice sessions for the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, but qualifying began later in t...
Jan 14, 2020
Capitals sign Nicklas Backstrom for 5-year, $46M deal
WASHINGTON - The Capitals have signed Nicklas Backstrom for the long term, agreeing to a $46 million, five-year contract extension on Tuesday. The deal through the 2024-25 season carries a $9.2 millio...
Jan 14, 2020
P.A. woman wants smart meter exemption on health grounds
The city of Prince Albert is fielding a request from a woman who does not want her current water meter replaced with a smart meter.In a letter to council, the woman says the smart meter would negative...
Jan 14, 2020 The city of P.A. rolled out the mandatory water meter replacement program in March of 2019. (file photo/paNOW)
Bus falls into sinkhole on road in China; 10 dead or missing
BEIJING - A bus plunged into a sinkhole on a city street in northwestern China, killing at least six people and leaving four missing, authorities said. Some 1,000 emergency workers and 30 vehicles wer...
Jan 14, 2020
