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Race a factor in NDP's poor outlook in N.B. ahead of election: ex-party executive
NDP fortunes in New Brunswick ahead of the October federal election took another hit Tuesday with a wave of defections to the Greens. One of the defectors was Jonathan Richardson, the federal NDP...
Sep 05, 2019
Official: Trump to challenge California mileage standard
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is moving forward with a proposal to revoke part of California's authority to set its own automobile gas mileage standards, a government official said Thursday, i...
Sep 05, 2019
Williams needs 44 minutes to reach US Open SF; Federer out
NEW YORK - The numbers associated with Serena Williams' U.S. Open quarterfinal victory over Wang Qiang were so stark, they bear reading more than once. Winners: 25-0. Points: 50-15. Minutes: 44. Score...
Sep 05, 2019
Co-accused facing murder charge in Jonson homicide scheduled for bail hearing
One of two men facing charges for the death of Mark Douglas Jonson is scheduled for a bail hearing at Court of Queen's Bench in Battleford. David Keller, who is in custody, is charged with first-degre...
Sep 05, 2019 Mark Douglas Jonson was found dead in a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St. in North Battleford on July 5. (supplied/RCMP)
Highway 2 closed as RCMP investigate motor-vehicle incident
La Ronge RCMP are currently at a single motor-vehicle incident just south of La Ronge on Highway 2. According to police, the highway is currently blocked to traffic as police continue their investigat...
Sep 05, 2019 Highway 2 leading south of La Ronge is currently closed. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Pre-trial matters in P.A. murder case scheduled for next year
The family of Kristopher Charles will have to wait until next spring to find out if the murder case will go to trial.At separate hearings on Thursday at Prince Albert Provincial Court, preliminary hea...
Sep 05, 2019 Police were called to Rivercrest apartment building last March for a complaint of an assault in progress. A 22-year-old man was found in critical condition. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Verdicts reached in California warehouse fire that killed 36
OAKLAND, Calif. - A jury has decided the fate of two men charged with involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors say they turned a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse into a cluttered maze that trapped 3...
Sep 05, 2019
Surprising Alouettes looking to prove they're more than a first-half fluke
MONTREAL - The Alouettes defied critics and expectations in the first half of the year. Now they want to prove their record is more than just a fluke. Heading into the second half of their 18-game sea...
Sep 05, 2019
US factories shrink for 1st time in 3 years amid trade war
WASHINGTON - The U.S.-China trade war and slower global growth are weighing on the U.S. economy, reducing factory output in August for the first time in three years. A survey by the Institute for Supp...
Sep 05, 2019
B.C. taxi industry challenges 'destructive competition' from ride-hailing apps
VANCOUVER - A coalition of nine taxi companies in Metro Vancouver has asked the B.C. Supreme Court to quash ride-hailing rules it says were illegally created for companies such as Uber and Lyft. ...
Sep 05, 2019