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US appeals court clears AT&T's $81B merger with Time Warner
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared AT&T's takeover of Time Warner, rejecting the Trump administration's claims that the $81 billion deal will harm consumers and reduce competi...
Feb 26, 2019
Coalition Avenir Quebec government to table first budget on March 21
QUEBEC - Francois Legault's Coalition Avenir Quebec government will table its first budget on March 21. Finance Minister Eric Girard announced the date today, telling Quebecers they can expect go...
Feb 26, 2019
R. Kelly signs autographs at McDonald's after jail release
CHICAGO - R&B singer R. Kelly signed autographs and waved at a fan who yelled "I love you!" when he stopped at a McDonald's in Chicago after being released from jail in his sexual abuse case. Kell...
Feb 26, 2019
Stephen King, wife give $1.25M to genealogical society
BOSTON - The master of the American horror novel has donated $1.25 million to the masters of American genealogical research. Stephen King and his wife, Tabitha, made the gift through their foundation ...
Feb 26, 2019
Liberals' bump in child benefits fuels poverty rate drop, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - The national statistics office says fewer children are living in poverty and it is connecting the drop to the Liberal government's signature child benefit. The Liberals introduced the in...
Feb 26, 2019
Bangladesh police identify suspect in failed plane hijacking
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A man who was killed while trying to hijack a commercial flight in Bangladesh was a 24-year-old passenger from a village near the capital who had been previously arrested in a kidn...
Feb 26, 2019
RCMP investigating break-ins in Smeaton, Choiceland
RCMP are investigating a series of break-ins in two local-area communities recently.Police said in a release that civic buildings in both Smeaton and Choiceland were broken into Dec. 4. In Smeaton, th...
Feb 26, 2019 file photo/ paNOW Staff
SideQuest app to assist in promoting northeast snowmobile trails
An app-based snowmobile contest is coming to the northeast region for the first time.Twelve communities and NewSask Community Futures collaborated for the past three years to promote the trails with a...
Feb 26, 2019 The Hudson Bay area boasts many groomed snowmobile trails. (Facebook/Hudson Bay Trail Riders)
Bisons' Iizuka attempting to become first female to play U Sports football
Reina Iizuka is Canadian university football's best-kept secret. The five-foot-seven, 160-pound defensive back is entering her third year at the University of Manitoba, having been ...
Feb 26, 2019
Nigeria votes for a 2nd day in places as death toll rises
KANO, Nigeria - Nigeria faced a second day of voting in scattered areas Sunday in a presidential election seen as too close to call, while the death toll from vote-related violence mounted in Africa's...
Feb 26, 2019