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Saskatchewan Huskies defeat Brock Badgers to claim second basketball title.
OTTAWA - The Saskatchewan Huskies are the Canadian university women's basketball champions. The No. 1 Huskies defeated the No. 2 Brock University Badgers 82-64 to claim their second ever U S...
Mar 08, 2020
Plunging yields force investors and Fed to rethink strategy
WASHINGTON - The response in stock markets to the growing risk from the coronavirus has been swift and fierce. But a better gauge of fear on Wall Street may be the bond market, where the moves over th...
Mar 08, 2020
Oil plunges 20% as another virus-fueled trading week begins
NEW YORK - Oil prices are plunging amid worries that an OPEC dispute will lead an economy weakened by COVID-19 to be awash in an oversupply of crude. Brent crude, the international standard, lost $8.7...
Mar 08, 2020
Bears to face Stars in the playoffs, Oleksyn ends reg. season on four-game heater
The goal that was scored with 53.7 seconds remaining in Sunday's game changed the Prince Albert Northern Bears' playoff opponents for the opening Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League playoff r...
Mar 08, 2020 Bears forward Paris Oleksyn finds some open space against the Stars on Sunday at the Art Hauser Centre. Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff
Art imitates life in poignant puppet play "The Bench"
A puppet theatre show with a storyline more geared for grownups will be coming to the Battlefords next month.The feature performance called "The Bench" focuses on the at times sensitive topic of the r...
Mar 08, 2020 Co-creator Juanita Dawn shown with Frank and Daphne, some of the puppets in the show "The Bench" that focuses on an adult theme. Part of the proceeds from the event will benefit the Lighthouse homeless shelter. (Submitted photo/Juanita Dawn)
Austin officials cancel South by Southwest festival
AUSTIN, Texas - The organizers of South By Southwest - which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and some of Hollywood and music's biggest stars - announced Friday they had cancelled the annual ar...
Mar 08, 2020
Austin officials cancel South by Southwest festival
AUSTIN, Texas - The organizers of South By Southwest - which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and some of Hollywood and music's biggest stars - announced Friday they had cancelled the annual ar...
Mar 08, 2020
Austin officials cancel South by Southwest festival
AUSTIN, Texas - The organizers of South By Southwest - which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and some of Hollywood and music's biggest stars - announced Friday they had cancelled the annual ar...
Mar 08, 2020
Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan: Alberta premier
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel coronavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2...
Mar 08, 2020
Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan: Alberta premier
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel coronavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2...
Mar 08, 2020