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Opponents to ramp up protests against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say they will do whatever it takes to stop the project after suffering a devastating legal blow at the Federal Court of Appeal. Activists...
Feb 07, 2020
NY to sue US over its ouster from trusted traveller programs
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York state will file a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security's decision to block New Yorkers from participating in "trusted traveller programs" in retribution for ...
Feb 07, 2020
Sen. Lynn Beyak denies claiming to be Metis
OTTAWA - Sen. Lynn Beyak is denying she ever claimed to be Metis. She issued a two-line statement Wednesday saying the media have reported that she is Metis but she says she has never been a...
Feb 07, 2020
Father of Indigenous hockey player rejects report on racist taunts
WAYCOBAH, N.S. - An investigation into allegations that an Indigenous hockey player faced racist taunts during a recent game in Cape Breton has determined the verbal...
Feb 07, 2020
Sens winger Bobby Ryan practises for 1st time since entering assistance program
Ottawa Senators winger Bobby Ryan practised with the team Wednesday for the first time since entering the NHL/National Hockey League Players' Association assistance program in November. Head ...
Feb 07, 2020
Father of Indigenous hockey player rejects report on racist taunts
WAYCOBAH, N.S. - An investigation into allegations that an Indigenous hockey player faced racist taunts during a recent game in Cape Breton has determined the verbal...
Feb 07, 2020
Redden on the Raiders: War of the Wiesblatts, Part III
It couldn't happen again, could it?The Prince Albert Raiders and Calgary Hitmen have met twice so far this season, with two games remaining. Both took place back in November, and both had eerily simil...
Feb 07, 2020 Ozzy Wiesblatt was the hero the last time the Raiders faced the Hitmen on Nov. 17. (Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff)
Airbnb limits young people's ability to rent properties following deadly shooting
TORONTO - Airbnb will limit young adults' ability to book some properties in Canada in a pilot project aimed at cutting down on unauthorized parties like the one where three young men were killed in T...
Feb 07, 2020
Local writers receive $17,500 in Saskatchewan Arts Board funding
Two writers from the tri-communities have received a total of $17,500 from the Saskatchewan Arts Board to assist them in ongoing projects. Miriam Krner was given a $10,000 Independent Artists grant to...
Feb 07, 2020 Miriam Körner was one of the funding recipients. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Obit-Roger Kahn
MAMARONECK, N.Y. - Roger Kahn, the writer who wove memoir and baseball and touched millions of readers through his romantic account of the Brooklyn Dodgers in "The Boys of Summer," has died. He was 92...
Feb 07, 2020