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Alex Trebek announces cancer diagnosis in YouTube video
Canadian "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek announced he's been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer in a YouTube video on Wednesday that had a positive tone despite the grim prognosis. "Just...
Mar 08, 2019
Bissonnette to appeal sentence for murders in Quebec City mosque
QUEBEC - The gunman who killed six worshippers in a Quebec City mosque is appealing his sentence of life in prison with no possibility of parole for 40 years. Lawyers for Alexandre Bissonnet...
Mar 08, 2019
Federal Conservatives not introducing non-confidence motion against Trudeau
ROSSER, Man. - Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will not be introducing a motion of non-confidence against Justin Trudeau despite saying the prime minister has lost the moral authorit...
Mar 08, 2019
Special forces looks at recruiting off the street amid shifting demands
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces are considering whether to recruit elite special-forces soldiers straight off the street rather than forcing them to follow the traditional route of first spending several...
Mar 08, 2019
RCMP arrest intoxicated male
Spiritwood RCMP, along with RCMP members from Blaine Lake, Shellbrook, Big River, and Battleford PDS attended to a complaint of a disturbance outside a residence on Witchekan Lake First Nation on Marc...
Mar 08, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Sen. McSally, former Air Force pilot, says officer raped her
WASHINGTON - Sen. Martha McSally, the first female Air Force fighter pilot to fly in combat, said Wednesday that she was sexually assaulted by a superior officer, and later, when she tried to talk abo...
Mar 08, 2019
Manitoba Premier says tax cut will come even if opposition delays bill
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says his long-promised cut to the provincial sales tax will take effect July 1, even if the opposition delays the legislation that enacts it. Oppo...
Mar 08, 2019
Andrew Scheer says he didn't hear pizzagate reference at Ontario town hall
ROSSER, Man. - Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer says he didn't hear a man mention a widely debunked conspiracy theory while answering questions at a town hall earlier this week. ...
Mar 08, 2019
Ontario nowhere near goal of full accessibility by 2025, review finds
TORONTO - The accessibility law that took effect in Ontario 14 years ago and has served as a blueprint for similar legislation in other parts of Canada has fallen well short of its goals and continues...
Mar 08, 2019
Federal program for women entrepreneurs urged to do more to help firms scale up
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government marked International Women's Day on Friday by touting its collection of measures designed to support - and boost the number of - female en...
Mar 08, 2019