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Shipping crude oil through Manitoba has been floated, rejected before
WINNIPEG - There's renewed talk of transporting western oil through the northern Manitoba port in Churchill, but any such project is likely to run into opposition from environmentalists and some ...
Feb 05, 2020

Doctor who examined Lionel Desmond tells fatality inquiry what he saw
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A Nova Scotia doctor who saw Lionel Desmond two days before he killed his family and took his own life told a fatality inquiry Monday the mentall...
Feb 05, 2020

O'Ree, NHL's first black player, says more to be done to fight racism in sports
OTTAWA - Willie O'Ree is hopeful that one day sport will be free of racism and bigotry, but thinks it's still a long way off. The 84-year-old O'Ree was in Ottawa on Monday as part of the NHL's Black H...
Feb 05, 2020

Council reconsiders denying tax relief to affordable housing building
It appears the P.A. Community Housing Society will be getting a tax break on their new building at 861 River Street after all. Councillors have reversed an earlier decision to deny the tax abatement o...
Feb 05, 2020 (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

Ottawa spent at least $8 million on First Nations child welfare case: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent more than $8 million in legal fees in the ongoing human rights case over First Nations child welfare. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of th...
Feb 05, 2020
What'sHappeningNOW Feb. 5, 2020
Senior Reporter Nigel Maxwell speaks with News Director Glenn Hicks about Prince Albert's newest hotel.
Feb 05, 2020

Convictions of executives upheld in historic Nova Scotia fraud case
HALIFAX - Two executives once referred to by a judge as the mastermind and enforcer of a multimillion-dollar stock market scheme were jailed this week as Nova Scotia's highest court upheld their ...
Feb 05, 2020

Q&A: Why it is taking so long to rescue Canadians from Wuhan
OTTAWA - With hundreds of foreign nationals flown out of Wuhan, China, over the last week by their home countries, politicians and people across the country have wondered why Canad...
Feb 05, 2020

Here's Johnny! Morris to serve as fifth for Ontario skip Epping at Brier
Veteran curler John Morris will return to the upcoming Tim Hortons Brier to serve as a fifth for Ontario skip John Epping. Morris, who won Olympic men's team gold with Kevin Martin in 2010, has f...
Feb 05, 2020

NHL Notebook: With Ovechkin set to hit 700 goals, Gretzky record looks in reach
Alex Ovechkin was having a quiet night. Through two periods of action Tuesday, he'd registered a solitary shot attempt that sailed wide, two hits and one giveaway. That was it. Then, as he's...
Feb 05, 2020

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