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Huddersfield experiences joint earliest relegation from EPL
LONDON - What seems like an inglorious departure from the English Premier League is far from it for Huddersfield. Its fate sealed with six games remaining after losing at Crystal Palace 2-0 on Saturda...
Mar 30, 2019
Brothers cut their hair for cancer research
Two Prince Albert boys have a new look, and a lesson to share, after raising funds for cancer research. Brothers Meryk and Deklan Carroll raised more than $800 in the last few weeks for the Canadian C...
Mar 30, 2019 Meryk, left, and Deklan Carroll before their haircut this week in support of cancer research. (Charlene Tebbutt/paNOW Staff)
Port Moody, B.C., mayor takes leave of absence to fight sex assault charge
PORT MOODY, B.C. - The mayor of Port Moody, B.C., says he is taking a leave of absence to clear his name after being charged with sexual assault. Robert Vagramov says he plans to fight the c...
Mar 30, 2019
Trade panel: Boeing got unfair US tax break, hurting Airbus
GENEVA - Delivering final word in a nearly 14-year standoff, a World Trade Organization body has ruled that Boeing received an illegal U.S. tax break from Washington state that damaged sales by Europe...
Mar 30, 2019
Quebec teachers, religious groups denounce government's secularism bill
MONTREAL - The Quebec government's secularism legislation threatens to stall promising careers, embolden intolerant segments of society and turn religious minorities into second-class citize...
Mar 30, 2019
Life sentence issued for murder of Muslim teen in Virginia
FAIRFAX, Va. - A man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for raping and killing a Muslim teenager in Virginia as she walked back to a mosque with friends for pre-dawn religious services. The life...
Mar 30, 2019
Federal legalization of hemp creates quandary for US police
PORTLAND, Ore. - Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. late last year and expanded an industry already booming because of the skyrocketing popularity of CBDs, a compound in hemp that many s...
Mar 30, 2019
Top bureaucrat wrote 60-page memo to Trudeau about Mark Norman case, lawyer says
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's lawyer says she wants to see a secret 60-page memo the federal government's top bureaucrat penned to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about her client's case. Lawyer M...
Mar 30, 2019
Friday's Scoreboard
WHLEdmonton 5, Medicine Hat 4 (Edmonton leads series 3-2)Vancouver 3, Seattle 2 (Vancouver leads series 3-2)SJHLThird Round Playoff Series - Best of Seven Battlefords 6, Yorkton 2 (Battlefords lead se...
Mar 30, 2019
Ferrari dominates as Leclerc takes 1st pole at Bahrain GP
SAKHIR, Bahrain - Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc confirmed he is a driver to be reckoned with by taking his first career pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday. The 21-year-old from Monac...
Mar 30, 2019
