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P.A. area man pleads not guilty to illegal hunting charge
A 59-year-old man from the Prince Albert area will have the opportunity to share his side of a hunting story, when he appears for trial in December.Doug Risling has pleaded not guilty to a charge of b...
Aug 27, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Raptors president Ujiri: Basketball has been a breath of fresh air in Somalia
TORONTO - Masai Ujiri could see it in the proud posture of the young female players. It was written in their wide smiles. The Toronto Raptors president was in Mogadishu last w...
Aug 27, 2019

Loughlin, husband appear in court amid spat over lawyers
BOSTON - Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are in court to settle a dispute over their choice of lawyers in a sweeping college admissions bribery case. The cou...
Aug 27, 2019

Basketball-sized world-record grapefruit grown in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. - A basketball-sized grapefruit has brought two world records to a Louisiana couple. The giant citrus grew in the yard of Mary Beth and Doug Meyer of Slidell. The Guinness Book of Wor...
Aug 27, 2019

Kim Foxx: Work of Smollett special prosecutor underway
CHICAGO - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx says the work of a special prosecutor investigating why her office dropped charges against Jussie Smollett accusing the actor of staging an attack on hi...
Aug 27, 2019

Ambrose disagrees with Scheer's assertion that Trudeau caved to Trump on NAFTA
OTTAWA - The Conservatives' former leader doesn't agree with the current leader's assertion that Canada got taken to the cleaners by Donald Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA. Rona Ambrose, who was inter...
Aug 27, 2019

Canadians asked to find ash trees in a bid to preserve the species
HALIFAX - An invasive insect from Asia is expected to kill almost every ash tree in Canada, but Donnie McPhee has a plan to preserve the species. Co-ordinator f...
Aug 27, 2019

Humboldt LED sign draws criticism for use
The LED sign at Centennial Park is one of the brightest and largest attractions when drivers enter through the City of Humboldt's west side.Because of its noticeability, one Humboldt resident wrote ci...
Aug 27, 2019 Advertisements displayed on the LED sign at Centennial Park has drawn criticism toward the City of Humboldt. (Liam Richards/The Canadian Press)

Reprised double-reverse pass play helps Alouettes outlast Argos 28-22
MONCTON, N.B. - The Montreal Alouettes held off a late Toronto comeback attempt to beat the Argonauts 28-22 Sunday, in a contest that featured a spectacular play coach Khari Jones says he ca...
Aug 27, 2019

'We have to win that game': Team Canada prepares for all important semifinal in Peru
The stakes are high for Canada's Women's Wheelchair basketball team at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru.Three decisive wins over Colombia, Argentina and Mexico have lined the Canadians up...
Aug 27, 2019 Erica Gavel. (Submitted Photo/ Wheelchair Basketball Canada)