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Speller balances bee with reality TV, social media stardom
OXON HILL, Md. - Akash Vukoti no longer stands out at the Scripps National Spelling Bee for his age, not with a record 23 spellers competing this year who are 9 or younger. But he's the only member of...
May 30, 2019

Police investigate home invasion, drug seizures, stabbing in 24-hour period
Since yesterday afternoon until this morning, Prince Albert Police responded to 131 calls. Before 2 a.m. this morning, officers responded to a home invasion complaint on the 100 block of 21 Street Wes...
May 30, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Rare white young killer whale swimming off the British Columbia coast
VANCOUVER - A rare white killer whale has been spotted off the coast of British Columbia. Jared Towers, an orca ecologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, says the young transient killer whale w...
May 30, 2019

Cocaine and firearms seized from LLRIB residence
Several firearms and a small quantity of cocaine were seized by RCMP after officers executed a search warrant on the Lac La Ronge Indian Reserve.That's according to a news release which states members...
May 30, 2019 RCMP executed a search warrant Wednesday. (file photo/larongeNOW Staff)

Louisiana's Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana's Democratic governor signed a ban on abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy Thursday, a move that puts him squarely in line with the leaders of other conservative So...
May 30, 2019

Watchdog slams former grain commissioner for post-employment ethics violations
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog says a former acting head of the Canadian Grain Commission took improper advantage of his public office when he went to work for one of the country's largest ...
May 30, 2019

Vancouver Whitecaps hope club's history provides lessons for victory
VANCOUVER - A lot has changed in the soccer world in the 40 years since the Vancouver Whitecaps captured a North American Soccer League championship. Players have different haircuts now and don't ofte...
May 30, 2019

Former RCMP officer known for giving now accused of taking
A former RCMP officer charged in connection to a $16,000 theft from a charity has a history of giving in northern Saskatchewan. In November of 2017, Jason St. Pierre was a corporal in the Assiniboia d...
May 30, 2019 A former member of the Assiniboia RCMP is facing a criminal charge for breach of trust. (file photo/JPBG)

Feeling Aretha's spirit, J Hud honours icon at Pulitzers
NEW YORK - With bad weather in Chicago on Monday and her flight cancelled, Jennifer Hudson fretted at the thought of missing her performance at Tuesday's Pulitzer Prize awards ceremony to pay tribute ...
May 30, 2019

Restaurant must provide surveillance footage in Spacey case
NANTUCKET, Mass. - A judge is ordering a Nantucket restaurant to hand over any surveillance footage taken the night prosecutors say actor Kevin Spacey groped a young man in 2016. Nantucket District Co...
May 30, 2019