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Sawchuk looks to defend longest running match play tournament
The 98th Annual Men's Northern golf tournament is the longest-running match play event in Canada, and Tom Wormworth has played in almost half of them. He's played in 48 of the last 50 tournaments and ...
Jul 30, 2019 Prince Albert's Cory Sawchuk won last year's Men's Northern at Cooke Municipal Golf Course. (Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff)
Quebec environmental activists adopt civil disobedience to get climate action
MONTREAL - Environmental activists in Quebec are turning towards civil disobedience as a way of pressuring politicians to do more to fight climate change. They are part of a global movement of activis...
Jul 30, 2019
No decision on Huawei and 5G before fall federal election call: Goodale
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says Canadians will have to wait until after this fall's federal election to find out whether Chinese tech giant Huawei can provide equipment for the coun...
Jul 30, 2019
Officer trying to rescue kitten finds a bobcat instead
STRATHAM, N.H. - A New Hampshire police officer says the kitten he was trying to pick up in a parking lot turned out to be a bobcat, which then jumped onto the roof of a Burger King. Stratham Officer ...
Jul 30, 2019
Jin Young Ko wins at Evian for 2nd major title of season
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France - Jin Young Ko took advantage of a friend's bad luck to win her second major title of the season on Sunday, and reclaimed No. 1 spot in the women's world golf rankings. Ko fire...
Jul 30, 2019
Calgary police clear border service officers in Nigerian deportee's death
Calgary police say Canada Border Services Agency officers are not to blame for the death of a Nigerian man during his deportation last year. The passenger on a Calgary-Amsterdam flight ...
Jul 30, 2019
Friends, co-workers mourn 4 members of same family found dead in Markham, Ont.
MARKHAM, Ont. - Friends and co-workers have identified the victims of a quadruple homicide in Markham, Ont., as four members of the same family. An online fundraiser seeking to raise money for funeral...
Jul 30, 2019
Man with outstanding warrants arrested near Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation
A 24-year-old man wanted on several charges was arrested by RCMP near Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation.At around 1 p.m. on July 29, RCMP stopped a vehicle in between the Cree Nation and the town of Loon L...
Jul 30, 2019 (file photo/meadowlakeNOW staff)
Timeline of events in the deaths of three people in northern B.C.
Three people are dead in northern B.C. and there is a major search stretching across Western Canada for two young men police say are suspects. Here's a timeline of events: July 15 - The bodies of...
Jul 30, 2019
LeBron James enters Canadian media market, joins forces with Drake
TORONTO - Drake and LeBron James are joining forces to reshape the sports media landscape in Canada. The music superstar and the Los Angeles Lakers forward announced on Tuesday a partnership to b...
Jul 30, 2019