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Federal party leaders focus on wooing union heartland for Labour Day
OTTAWA - Wooing workers in Canada's union heartland is the focus for federal party leaders on this Labour Day. Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader J...
Sep 02, 2019
Roughriders kick last-play field goal to edge out Bombers 19-17
It was another thrilling chapter in the historic Labour Day Classic rivalry.Saskatchewan Roughriders kicker Brett Lauther nailed a 26-yard field goal on the game's final play, and made a trip to Pil C...
Sep 02, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker Derrick Moncrief during the Labour Day Classic against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sept. 1, 2019. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Osaka consoles teary Gauff, 15, after beating her at US Open
NEW YORK - Naomi Osaka looked across the net after ending Coco Gauff's U.S. Open in the third round Saturday night and saw the tears welling in the 15-year-old's eyes. Osaka also saw a bit of herself ...
Sep 02, 2019
Honeymoon will have to wait for Traer and Scrubb, who's in China for World Cup
DONGGUAN, China - Catherine Traer and Thomas Scrubb were working out last summer on the basketball court Traer's dad Rick had built in the family's backyard. The two players work out there regularly b...
Sep 02, 2019
Looking back on the summer season
The summer is starting to draw to a close and those involved in more tourist heavy endeavors are reflecting.Amber Pratt, CEO for Prince Albert Tourism and Marketing Bureau, which operates the visitor'...
Sep 02, 2019 Prince Albert Tourism and others are looking back on the summer season. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
Iran says test malfunction caused rocket explosion
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran is for the first time acknowledging that a rocket explosion took place at its Imam Khomeini Space Center, with an official saying a technical malfunction caused the blast. Governme...
Sep 02, 2019
Gender equality and the election: what role will feminism play in the campaign?
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a lot of attention with his line about the calendar year when asked why he named an equal number of men and women to cabinet after his newly elected Lib...
Sep 02, 2019
Evacuations begin as Dorian bears down on northern Bahamas
MCLEAN'S TOWN CAY, Bahamas - Hurricane Dorian shut down some hotels and forced some evacuations Saturday in the northern Bahamas as the fierce Category 4 storm prepared to unleash torrents of rain and...
Sep 02, 2019
Hong Kong police storm subway with batons as protests rage
HONG KONG - Protesters in Hong Kong threw gasoline bombs at government headquarters and set fires in the streets, while police stormed a subway car and hit passengers with batons and pepper spray in s...
Sep 02, 2019
Taliban launch major attack on Afghan city of Kunduz
KABUL - The Taliban launched a large-scale attack on Kunduz, one of Afghanistan's main cities, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 75 others, government officials said Saturday, even as ...
Sep 02, 2019