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Man found guilty of killing Calgary Stampeder appeals conviction and sentence
CALGARY - A man convicted of killing a Calgary Stampeders football player is appealing both his conviction and his sentence. Nelson Lugela was found guilty earlier this year of second-degree...
Jun 15, 2019

Opioid-related death count up to more than 11,500 nationally: government data
OTTAWA - Canada's opioid crisis claimed the lives of more than 11,500 people between January 2016 and December 2018, the Public Health Agency of Canada reported Thursday. New ...
Jun 15, 2019

The mysterious flooding of western Newfoundland's Bottomless Pond
DEER LAKE, N.L. - The small lake in western Newfoundland was named Bottomless Pond for a good reason. With no visible streams or rivers flowing from its banks, locals say the lake ...
Jun 15, 2019

After partisan bickering, House backs motion to end veterans homelessness
OTTAWA - The House of Commons has supported a backbench MP's bid to have the government work to end veterans homelessness after days of partisan bickering. The motion from Ontario Liberal MP Neil...
Jun 15, 2019

'Love wins:' How a N.S. town collaborated to protect kidnapped women in Africa
AMHERST, N.S. - Simple signs with a pair of blue hearts capture a small town's sentiments over the rescue of two young Maritime women from kidnappers in Ghana. A sign on the main street...
Jun 15, 2019

Ranger completes wilderness survival course in British Columbia
Samantha Plunz, with the La Ronge Canadian Ranger Patrol, recently returned from an Enhanced Wilderness Survival Training course in Tofino, B.C.The training began May 9 and went until May 18, and incl...
Jun 15, 2019 La Ronge's Samantha Plunz completed the training last month. (submitted photo/Samantha Plunz)

UN says Canada's plan to rescue Wood Buffalo National Park not enough
The status of Canada's largest park as a World Heritage Site remains wobbly after a United Nations body expressed grave doubts about a federal plan to rescue it. "Considerably more effo...
Jun 15, 2019

Annual P.A. Street Fair continues despite rain
The annual Prince Albert Street Fair may have been dampened by a little rain, but that didn't stop the event from carrying on business as usual throughout downtown P.A.Dozens of booths, vendors, food ...
Jun 15, 2019 There were more umbrellas visible than usual at the 2019 Prince Albert Street Fair. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)

Friday's Scoreboard
CFLEdmonton 32 Montreal 25Women's World CupJapan 2 Scotland 1Italy 5 Jamaica 0England 1 Argentina 0MLBAmerican LeagueHouston 15 Toronto 2Boston 13 Baltimore 2Cleveland 13 Detroit 4Tampa Bay 9 L.A. Ang...
Jun 15, 2019

Federal government making electronic logs mandatory for truck, bus drivers
ETOBICOKE, Ont. - Transport Canada says it will require all commercial drivers to have electronic logging devices - one of the recommendations from a coroner's report into the Humboldt Broncos bu...
Jun 15, 2019