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Mainstream retailers embrace marijuana's less taboo cousin
NEW YORK - It's showing up in everything from skin creams to bath balms to dog treats - an elixir that can supposedly reduce anxiety and help you sleep. The ingredient? CBD, or cannabidiol, a compound...
Apr 15, 2019
Celeb or stranger? Study weighs Americans' interest in birds
NEW YORK - Whooping cranes, common ravens and peregrine falcons are among the celebrities of the sky in the eyes of Americans, even those who've never laid eyes them. The ruffed grouse or purple marti...
Apr 15, 2019
Alberta's Notley talks pipelines, energy on last day of election campaign
CALGARY - Alberta's NDP leader spent the final day of the provincial election campaign casting herself as the best person to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion past the finish line. Rachel...
Apr 15, 2019
Nylander moves to centre for Maple Leafs with Kadri suspension looming
TORONTO - William Nylander will take Nazem Kadri's place at centre on Toronto's third line behind John Tavares and Auston Matthews when the Maple Leafs host the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of their f...
Apr 15, 2019
Brief spring storm highlights weather volatility on the prairies
A low pressure system that swept through the prairies yesterday brought a small amount of moisture, as well as a quick hail storm in some areas.A video shot and forwarded by a viewer on SnapChat to pa...
Apr 15, 2019 Heavy hail caused traffic delays on Highway 11 early Sunday afternoon near Hague, Saskatchewan. (Ronald Quaroni/ paNOW Staff)
Trojans host Awards Banquet before Telus Cup
Nine nights before they begin competing in the 2019 Telus Cup national midget hockey championship in Thunder Bay Ont., the Tisdale Trojans hosted their annual Awards Banquet at the Tisdale Civic Centr...
Apr 15, 2019 Tisdale Trojans defenseman Landon Kosior (left) being presented the inaugural Adam Herold Memorial Award by SMAAAHL presiden Lloyd Friesen. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Burkina Faso minister says missing Quebec woman is alive, removed from territory
MONTREAL - A Canadian woman and her Italian companion who have been missing in West Africa since last December are alive but no longer in the country, a senior minister with Burkina Faso's g...
Apr 15, 2019
Ottawa says it will sell back Mirabel land expropriated for airport in 1969
MIRABEL, Que. - The Canadian government says it is planning to sell back the last remaining unused land it expropriated in 1969 for construction of the Mirabel airpo...
Apr 15, 2019
Ballet teacher breaking class barriers with dance in Peru
LIMA, Peru - In a Peruvian neighbourhood where families consider running water a luxury, young girls are learning the delicate art of ballet dancing. In the classroom at a public school near the South...
Apr 15, 2019
Shapovalov's clay-court campaign begins with 1st-round loss
MONACO - Denis Shapovalov's clay-court campaign got off to a poor start as the Canadian lost 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 to Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday. The 20-year-ol...
Apr 15, 2019