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Librarians honour books by Luiselli and Higginbotham
NEW YORK - Valeria Luiselli's novel "Lost Children Archive" and Adam Higginbotham's nonfiction "Midnight in Chornobyl" have been awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal, a $5,000 prize presented by the Amer...
Jan 26, 2020
The Latest: Lizzo, Billie Eilish each win early Grammys
LOS ANGELES - The Latest on the Grammy Awards, being presented Sunday at Los Angeles' Staples Center (all times local): 4 p.m. Lizzo and Billie Eilish have won their first career Grammys in what could...
Jan 26, 2020
Kobe Bryant, Lakers great and basketball icon, dies in crash
LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, ...
Jan 26, 2020
Bears finish off series with Wildcats
The Prince Albert Northern Bears finished off their season series with the Swift Current Wildcats, but not the way they wanted to. They were swept in Swift Current in two games this weekend, falling 2...
Jan 26, 2020 The Bears and Wildcats finished off their season series on Sunday. File photo/paNOW Staff
Decision on top Canadian canoeist's doping case set to be revealed
MONTREAL - One of Canada's top 2020 Olympic medal contenders is expected to find out a decision on a doping case affecting her status for Tokyo on Monday. Canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe is slated ...
Jan 26, 2020
Classic Loppet brings out the crowds
Local residents of all ages as well as groups from afar strapped on their ski's Sunday.The Prince Albert Nordic Ski Club's 2020 Classic Loppet had a large outing and hundreds of cross-country skiers c...
Jan 26, 2020 Hundreds of people took part in the P.A. Nordic Ski Club's Classic Loppet on Sunday. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)
Kobe Bryant, daughter perish in copter crash, 3 others dead
CALABASAS, Calif. - NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and three others were killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California on Sunday, his sudden death at age 41 touching off an out...
Jan 26, 2020
Quebec Court of Appeal to hear Alexandre Bissonnette appeals on Monday
MONTREAL - Nearly three years after the massacre that claimed six lives at the Quebec City mosque, the length of the sentence imposed on the man convicted of the crimes will be debated in the pro...
Jan 26, 2020
Canadian women defeat Ireland in opening match at New Zealand Sevens
HAMILTON, New Zealand - Canada captain Ghislaine Landry booted her 300th career conversion in a 24-7 win over Ireland at the HSBC New Zealand Sevens on Friday. A late Phil Berna try then lifted the 12...
Jan 26, 2020
Canada's basketball community mourns Kobe Bryant after helicopter crash
In his 40 years in basketball, nothing Chuck Swirksy has seen compared to Kobe Bryant's performance against the Toronto Raptors. The broadcaster reminisced about Bryant's 81-point game against th...
Jan 26, 2020