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Calgary wants to be a World Cup freestyle, snowboard hub city
Calgary is making a pitch to be a World Cup hub for both freestyle skiing and snowboard. A proposed series of up to a dozen halfpipe, slopestyle and big air events, plus a freestyle ski moguls Wo...
Sep 19, 2020
Hurricane Teddy remains on track for Atlantic Canada, expected as tropical storm
HALIFAX - Hurricane Teddy remains on track to pass through wide areas of Atlantic Canada on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rainfall. The Canadian Hurricane Centre says Teddy is...
Sep 19, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 19
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:48 a.m. EDT on Sept. 19, 2020: There are 142,318 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 66,653 confirmed (including 5,792 deaths, 58,218...
Sep 19, 2020
Local artists headline fall season at the Rawlinson
Autumn is just around the corner and The EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts has announced its fall season list of shows.People have been deprived of live entertainment over the past six months due to th...
Sep 19, 2020
COVID-19 task force worries Trump's rush to approve vaccine will spook Canadians
OTTAWA - Members of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine task force are casting worried eyes at the Trump administration's political push to get a vaccine approved before the U.S. presidential el...
Sep 19, 2020
Admitted to Canada under pilot program, refugee nurses ready for work as PSWs
OTTAWA - Halfway through their 14-day quarantine period, Diala Charab and Yehya Al-Ayoubi are excited to start working as health-care aides after arriving Sunday from Lebanon. Despite COVID-19 t...
Sep 19, 2020
Nearly 20 per cent of COVID-19 infections among health-care workers by late July
VANCOUVER - Health care workers in Canada made up about 20 per cent of COVID-19 infections as of late July, a figure that was higher than the global average. In a report released earlie...
Sep 19, 2020
Lakers roll past Nuggets 126-114 in West finals opener
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Anthony Davis had 37 points and 10 rebounds, LeBron James added 15 points and 12 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers rolled to a 126-114 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Fri...
Sep 18, 2020
Japan's ex-PM Abe visits controversial Tokyo shrine
TOKYO - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he has visited a shrine viewed by China and both Koreas as a symbol of wartime aggression. Abe's visit Saturday, which he announced in a tweet, c...
Sep 18, 2020
What'sHappeningNOW Friday Sept. 18, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks talks about the stories you made popular on paNOW this week.
Sep 18, 2020