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Quebec boards say they have more classes than teachers as kids return to school
MONTREAL - As Quebec students return to school this week, many are heading into classrooms without a full-time, qualified teacher to learn from, two Montreal-area school boards say...
Aug 31, 2019
Overdoses continue to take a toll, killing 119 Quebecers in three months
MONTREAL - Community groups are meeting in downtown Montreal today to raise awareness of the risks of drug use as part of International Overdose Awareness Day. Each month more than a thousand Quebecer...
Aug 31, 2019
Scientists spot rare life as remotely operated vehicles livestream off N.S. coast
HALIFAX - Research scientists are watching with fascination this weekend as a search for rare undersea life is being broadcast live by two remotely operated vessels run by the...
Aug 31, 2019
Top picks looking to make the jump
Prince Albert Raiders prospects Nolan Allan and Tyson Laventure turned some heads last year in their first Raider camp. But now, they're looking for the opportunity to keep those heads turning through...
Aug 31, 2019 Raiders prospect Tyson Laventure is looking to make the jump up to the Raiders in his first eligible season. Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff
Motorsport mourns after F2 driver Anthoine Hubert dies
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium - Motorsport is mourning the death of Formula Two driver Anthoine Hubert, who was killed following a heavy crash at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday. The 22-year-old Frenc...
Aug 31, 2019
'More measured way:' Alberta government repeals ban on school seclusion rooms
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservatives have repealed a ban on seclusion rooms in schools that was brought in by the previous NDP government over concerns the rooms were traumatizing students w...
Aug 31, 2019
Major parties rallying around telecom pricing issue as election nears
OTTAWA - Consumer advocates say a rare consensus is forming among the major political parties ahead of the federal election that Canadians need protecting from gouging by the country's big telecom com...
Aug 31, 2019
Ellie Goulding weds art dealer boyfriend in lavish ceremony
YORK, England - British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding has married art dealer Caspar Jopling in a lavish ceremony with pals Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom and Sienna Miller in attendance. The two tied th...
Aug 31, 2019
Lowry has former Raptor Valanciunas hopeful he'll receive NBA championship ring
DONGGUAN, China - Jonas Valanciunas is putting his trust in former teammate Kyle Lowry. The longtime Raptors forward, who was shipped to Memphis at the NBA trade deadline this past season,&n...
Aug 31, 2019
Canada's Janssens, Filmer secure Olympic berth with rowing bronze medal
LINZ, Austria - Canadian rowers Hillary Janssens and Caileigh Filmer qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by winning the bronze medal Saturday in the women's pairs event at the world rowing...
Aug 31, 2019
