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Manitoba budget includes provincial sales tax cut to 7 per cent; smaller deficit
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government included a long-promised provincial sales tax cut in its annual budget Thursday - a move that could pave the way for an early e...
Mar 09, 2019
Judge extends authority to more families separated at border
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge who ordered that more than 2,700 children be reunited with their parents on Friday expanded his authority to potentially thousands more children who were separated at the b...
Mar 09, 2019
R. Kelly says ex-wife destroyed his name, others stole money
CHICAGO - Embattled R&B star R. Kelly angrily blamed his ex-wife for "destroying" his name and claimed other people stole from his bank accounts during new portions of an interview that aired Thur...
Mar 09, 2019
Spencer steals the show in Saskatoon; Mintos take 2-1 series lead over Blazers
The Prince Albert Mintos needed a bigtime goaltending effort to beat the Saskatoon Blazers on Friday at the Rod Hamm Memorial Arena, and they got exactly that from Spencer Welke.Welke stopped 49 out o...
Mar 08, 2019 Mintos goaltender Spencer Welke had a whale of a game on Friday against the Blazers. File photo/paNOW Staff
China's Huawei sues to challenge US security law
SHENZHEN, China - Chinese tech giant Huawei is challenging a U.S. law that limits its sales of telecom equipment in the U.S. on security grounds as the company steps up efforts to preserve its access ...
Mar 08, 2019
Trump budget will seek funds for border wall, Space Force
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to start up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being...
Mar 08, 2019
N. Korea airs documentary glorifying Kim's summit with Trump
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea's state TV has aired a documentary glorifying leader Kim Jong Un's recent visit to Vietnam that omitted the failed nuclear negotiations with President Donald Tr...
Mar 08, 2019
Smollett indicted on 16 counts stemming from reported attack
CHICAGO - A grand jury in Chicago indicted "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs. ...
Mar 08, 2019
Tobacco firm JTI-Macdonald obtains creditor protection after Quebec court ruling
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - JTI-Macdonald Corp. says it's been granted creditor protection following a Quebec Court of Appeal decision upholding a landmark judgment ordering it and two other companies to...
Mar 08, 2019
Sask Polytechnic honours Indigenous students
Indigenous students at Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Prince Albert campus were honoured Friday.In the school's gym, they along with their families sat and listened to speeches from a number of administra...
Mar 08, 2019 Desiree Dreaver spoke about her experience at Sask Poly in P.A. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
