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Bugs on snack menu for 1 night at Juneau movie theatre
JUNEAU, Alaska - Three boys sat rapt in their theatre seats beaming at a selection of snacks. The reason for the excitement wasn't butter popcorn or Red Vines. Orrin Noon, 10, Arlo Davis, 11 and Axel ...
Jan 21, 2020
Documents: Extremist group wanted rally to start civil war
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A hidden camera captured members of a white supremacist group expressing hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war, federal prosecutors...
Jan 21, 2020
A look at some of the victims of the Iran plane crash who had roots in Canada
Dozens of people with ties to Canada were among the 176 who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran. Here is a look at some of th...
Jan 21, 2020
Bloc wants to slow down adoption of new NAFTA deal because of aluminum concerns
MONTREAL - The Bloc Quebecois says it will seek to slow down the adoption of the new trade deal between Canada, the United States and Mexico. Bloc leader Yves-Francois Blanchet told reporters tod...
Jan 21, 2020
Police continue search for La Ronge murder suspect after co-accused arrested near P.A.
nowAfter arresting one female suspect at large, police continue to search for a male suspect accused of murder. Prince Albert RCMP officers arrested Kandi Rose Ratt, born 1992, in Christopher Lake on ...
Jan 21, 2020 Charlie (CJ) Napthalie Charles is described as 5-9 tall, 119 lbs, with black hair and brown eyes. He is missing his left index and baby fingers, which may still be bandaged. (submitted photo/RCMP)
Canadian Liam Fraser ready for his Toronto FC close-up in Bradley's absence
Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney, looking to diffuse expectations, says it will take more than one player to replace injured captain Michael Bradley. But it seems clear Liam Fraser is ...
Jan 21, 2020
Warmer weather to aid snow removal
Snow clearing efforts in Prince Albert will be getting a boost from some warmer temperatures this week. Milder conditions will allow crews to deploy salt to melt the layer of ice encasing many of the ...
Jan 21, 2020 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Manitoba premier says grain-drying would be exempt from a Manitoba carbon tax
BRANDON, Man. - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is pitching his plan for a carbon tax to agricultural producers as a much better alternative than the current federal one. Pallister told an agricultur...
Jan 21, 2020
Malaysia returns 150 containers of garbage, including 11 to Canada
OTTAWA - Malaysia says it returned 11 shipping containers of plastic garbage to Canada after they arrived on its shores illegally last year. But Canadian officials, citing privacy laws, refu...
Jan 21, 2020
BATC's Atoskewin Success Gathering set for Feb. 18-20
The Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC) are hosting the Atoskewin Success Gathering for 2020 at the Western Development Museum (WDM) on February 18 to 20.Alexis Christensen, director of communicat...
Jan 21, 2020 Atoskewin Success Gathering will be at the WDM in February. (supplied photo/Alexis Christensen)