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Boeser scores twice in Canucks' 6-3 win over Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Still stinging from opening their road trip with two lopsided losses, Bo Horvat and the Vancouver Canucks got back on track with a strong finish Saturday. Horvat had a goal and an assi...
Jan 13, 2020
‘Joker’ leads Oscar noms; ‘1917,’ ‘Irishman’ close behind
Female filmmakers were shut out, "Parasite" made history and "Joker" edged out "The Irishman," "1917" and "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" in Monday's Oscar nominations. Todd Phillips' R-rated supe...
Jan 13, 2020
Former Canadian goalkeeper Asmir Begovic signs on loan with AC Milan
MILAN - Former Canadian under-20 goalkeeper Asmir Begovic has joined AC Milan on loan from England's Bournemouth through the end of June. Born in Trebigne in 1987, Begovic was four when his famil...
Jan 13, 2020
Hinch, Luhnow fired for Astros' sign stealing
HOUSTON - Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were fired Monday after the pair were suspended by Major League Baseball for the team's sign-stealing during Houston's run to the 2017...
Jan 13, 2020
Four Raiders make mid-term scouting rankings
Four members of the Prince Albert Raiders have made the list for the NHL Central Scouting's mid-term rankings. The list is made up of the top draft eligible prospects. Defenceman Kaiden Guhle is the h...
Jan 13, 2020 Kaiden Guhle, left and Ozzie Wiesblatt are the two top ranked Raiders on the list. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Federal opposition divided over Iraq mission as troops remain hunkered down
OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties are divided over whether Canada should press ahead with its five-year-old mission in Iraq or start bringing home its soldiers, some of whom were forced to take cove...
Jan 13, 2020
Young Canadians say current events, string of bad news adding to anxiety
Anxiety and apathy have both come easily to Galen Watts so far this year. The PhD student at Queen's University has watched with a mix of dismay and detachment as headlines about rampant wildfire...
Jan 13, 2020
To revitalize downtown, Battleford creates business incentive program
Battleford may see some improvements to its main street businesses with a new town incentive program for the downtown.In his report, the Town of Battleford's CAO John Enns-Wind said the aim of the Dow...
Jan 13, 2020 The Town of Battleford has a new incentive program for businesses for downtown revitalization.
Storms sweep southern US, Midwest as death toll rises to 11
HOUSTON - Severe storms sweeping across southern portions of the U.S. and up into the Midwest were blamed Saturday in the deaths of at least 11 people, including two first responders, as high winds, t...
Jan 13, 2020
Brazil documentary gets Oscar nomination, exposes division
SAO PAULO - The Academy Award nomination for a Brazilian documentary about the impeachment of then-President Dilma Rousseff has once again laid bare the polarization of Latin America's largest democra...
Jan 13, 2020