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Hernández, Gurriel lead Blue Jays to 10-4 win over Red Sox
BOSTON - Toronto pitcher Jacob Waguespack spent the day before his first major league start as a tourist in Fenway Park, signing his name inside the Green Monster and FaceTiming his high school coache...
Jul 18, 2019

Mitch Marner mum on contract talks with Maple Leafs at his charity event
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Mitch Marner's summer has already included wakesurfing tricks and throwing a big-time charity event. What's yet to materialize for the restricted free agent winger is a new c...
Jul 18, 2019

Trump to nominate Eugene Scalia for labour secretary
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will nominate lawyer Eugene Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to be his new labour secretary. Trump tweet...
Jul 18, 2019

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99
WASHINGTON - John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court's leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Flori...
Jul 18, 2019

NBA star James Harden buys interest in Houston Dynamo and Dash soccer teams
Houston Rockets star James Harden has joined the ownership group of the Houston Dynamo, Houston Dash and BBVA Stadium. The 29-year-old Harden joins an ownership group led by Gabriel Brener, who p...
Jul 18, 2019

P.A.'s Gavel to compete at her second Parapan Am Games
Back in her University of Saskatchewan Huskies days, Erica Gavel was told she couldn't play anymore competitive sports due to the severity of repeated knee injuries. But in the seven years since heari...
Jul 18, 2019 Prince Albert's Erica Gavel will compete at her second Parapan Am Games. (Submitted photo/Wheelchair Basketball Canada)
What'sHappeningNOW July 18, 2019
Senior Reporter Nigel Maxwell speaks with Reporter Michael Joel-Hansen about a meet and greet held in Prince Albert on Thursday featuring Conservative leader Andrew Scheer.
Jul 18, 2019

First responders disassembling drug operation in Humboldt
Fire responders in Humboldt are investigating and disassembling what is believed to be a clandestine drug manufacturing operation.Humboldt and Lanigan RCMP - along with the Humboldt Fire, Humboldt EMS...
Jul 18, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

Nuclear industry push for reduced oversight gaining traction
WASHINGTON - Fewer mock commando raids to test nuclear power plants' defences against terrorist attacks. Fewer, smaller government inspections for plant safety issues. Less notice to the public and to...
Jul 18, 2019

Scheer stops in P.A.
The leader of Canada's official opposition has been making his way around Saskatchewan recently. Thursday morning Andrew Scheer's provincial tour brought him to the Ches Leach Lounge at the Art Hauser...
Jul 18, 2019 Andrew Scheer speaks with media after speaking to supporters. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)