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'This has to stop': Liquor store in Winnipeg to close after employees assaulted
WINNIPEG - Three Manitoba liquor store workers were assaulted and one was taken to hospital in what the province's Crown corporation calls an unprovoked attack. It happened in Winnipeg on Wednesday&nb...
Nov 20, 2019

Bombers GM confident in signing head coach Mike O'Shea to contract extension
CALGARY - Winnipeg Blue Bombers general manager Kyle Walters says he and Mike O'Shea have a verbal agreement to extend his head-coaching contract, but not a signed one. O'Shea has navigated the Blue B...
Nov 20, 2019

Orlando loses all-star centre Nikola Vucevic and Aaron Gordon to ankle sprains
TORONTO - Orlando's road woes continued Wednesday with a painful twist. The Magic dropped to 0-5 away from home after a 113-97 loss in Toronto that saw all-star centre Nikola Vucevic and forward ...
Nov 20, 2019

Impact acquire winger/forward Quioto, send defender Cabrera to Dynamo in trade
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact acquired Honduran international winger and forward Romell Quioto from the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday in exchange for Argentine defender Victor Cabrera and $10...
Nov 20, 2019

Whitecaps transfer Canadian centre back Doneil Henry to South Korean club
VANCOUVER - They Vancouver Whitecaps reached to a transfer agreement with South Korean K League 1 club Suwon Samsung Bluewings for Canadian centre back Doneil Henry on Wednesday. The Whitecaps al...
Nov 20, 2019

Canadian class action proposed over alleged carcinogenic herbicide
TORONTO - Lawyers for a group of Canadians affected by cancer they blame on exposure to a weed killer have filed three proposed class-action lawsuits against the product's manufacturer, alle...
Nov 20, 2019

Hong Kong protesters, facing arrest, won’t leave university
HONG KONG - A small but determined group of protesters is remaining inside a Hong Kong university campus, resisting pleas to turn themselves in to police. At least a few dozen were believed to still b...
Nov 20, 2019

Titans extend winning streak to six games to become hottest team in the PJHL
What in the world has gotten into the Prince Albert Titans lately?They defeated the Saskatoon Royals 5-1 on Wednesday at the Kinsmen Arena to win their sixth game in a row. The only other Prairie Juni...
Nov 20, 2019 Titans forward Kevin Ledoux scored a shorthanded goal on Wednesday in the Titans' win over the Royals. Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff

Brady Tkachuk scores overtime winner as Senators edge Canadiens 2-1
MONTREAL - Brady Tkachuk scored 38 seconds into overtime to give the visiting Ottawa Senators a 2-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday night in the second game of a back-to-back for both teams....
Nov 20, 2019

Anunoby has 24 points before injuring eye in Toronto's 132-96 rout of Hornets
TORONTO - OG Anunoby was having an excellent night when Nicolas Batum swung a hard elbow that caught the Raptors forward square in the face. Anunoby went down clutching his right eye. Again. The ...
Nov 20, 2019