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Questions surrounding cause of plane crash stir fear, confusion among mourners
Mounting questions surrounding the circumstances of a plane crash outside Tehran that left no survivors fuelled confusion, fear and anger Thursday among those grieving the deaths of doz...
Jan 11, 2020
10 years after, Michaelle Jean laments flawed response to devastating Haiti quake
MONTREAL - Former governor general Michaelle Jean vividly remembers the shock of seeing the country of her birth after it was hit by a catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. "It was as if...
Jan 11, 2020
Intelligence says Iranian missile downed airliner, perhaps by mistake: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Canadian and foreign intelligence indicates dozens of Canadians were killed by a potentially errant Iranian missile that downed their jetliner near Tehran this week, sparking a quest for answ...
Jan 11, 2020
Friday's Scoreboard
Here are the results from Friday...WHLBrandon 2, Red Deer 1Lethbridge 4, Calgary 2Kamloops 4, Kelowna 1Medicine Hat 5, Moose Jaw 2Prince Albert 2, Prince George 1 (OT)Saskatoon 2, Edmonton 1 (SO)Spoka...
Jan 11, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff).
Lawmakers approve Brexit bill, UK on course for Jan 31 exit
LONDON - Britain passed a long-elusive milestone on the road to Brexit on Thursday when the House of Commons approved a bill authorizing the country's departure from the European Union at the end of t...
Jan 11, 2020
R Kelly girlfriend charged after fight at singer's condo
CHICAGO - A fight between two of R. Kelly's girlfriends inside the embattled singer's Trump Tower condominium led to a domestic battery charge against one of them and sent the other to the hospital, C...
Jan 11, 2020
Anti-gang program seeks base
A new anti-gang initiative is looking for a space to call home. The provincially-funded program will offer services and supports to reintegrate former gang-members into their communities. In Prince Al...
Jan 11, 2020 The West Flat Citizens Group is asking the city of P.A. to consider leasing them the former Boy Scouts Hall off 13th St. West. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
A look at some of the victims of the Iran plane crash who had roots in Canada
Dozens of people with ties to Canada were among the 176 who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. Prime Minister...
Jan 11, 2020
Pope warns of risks from US-Iran tensions in policy speech
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis warned Thursday that increasing tensions between the U.S. and Iran are setting the stage for a broader conflict in the Mideast while jeopardizing efforts to rebuild Iraq. F...
Jan 11, 2020
Lebanon issues travel ban for fugitive ex-Nissan chief Ghosn
BEIRUT - Lebanese prosecutors issued a travel ban for fugitive ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn and asked him to hand in his French passport on Thursday, following an Interpol-issued notice against him, a...
Jan 11, 2020
