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Did Facebook data help Trump? 'Great Hack' explores scandal
NEW YORK - The new documentary "The Great Hack" captures how Facebook's cavalier handling of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal posed a threat to democracy. But it doesn't prove the filmmake...
Jul 23, 2019
Israeli crews demolish Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM - Israeli work crews on Monday began demolishing dozens of Palestinian homes on the outskirts of an east Jerusalem neighbourhood, in one of the largest operations of its kind in years. The d...
Jul 23, 2019
Stevens and ex-colleagues took different paths in retirement
WASHINGTON - Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens never really put down his pen. Without opinions and dissents to write following his retirement from the Supreme Court in 2010, Stevens chos...
Jul 23, 2019
China says it won't rule out using force to reunify Taiwan
BEIJING - China said it will not renounce the use of force in efforts to reunify Taiwan with the mainland and vowed to take all necessary military measures to defeat "separatists." In a national defen...
Jul 23, 2019
Justin Smoak provides the offence, leads Blue Jays in walkoff win over Indians
TORONTO - Justin Smoak drove in Eric Sogard for the winning run in the 10th inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays walked off the Cleveland Indians 2-1 on Tuesday. Smoak followed a two-out walk f...
Jul 23, 2019
Canada to invest in satellite technology to connect rural, remote areas
OTTAWA - The federal government is making a big funding announcement Wednesday alongside a Canadian company that's developing satellite technology to expand hig...
Jul 23, 2019
Tone Broke comes from third to capture Prince of Wales Stakes race
FORT ERIE, Ont. - Tone Broke came from deep stretch to win the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on Tuesday night. Tone Broke, with Ricardo Santana Jr., aboard, stood third before coming on to pass...
Jul 23, 2019
Mark Chase returns to the SJHL as the Hawks' new assistant coach
When Devin Windle stepped down from the Nipawin Hawks as their assistant coach after the 2019 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) playoffs to take the same role with the Whitecourt Wolverines in ...
Jul 23, 2019 Mark Chase (left) returns to the SJHL as the Nipawin Hawks' new assistant coach after he previously spent two seasons with the Melville Millionaires from 2016 to 2018 (submitted photo/Mark Chase).
Medics and lifeguards team up to educate public
Swimmers at Kinsmen Water Park got to see lifeguards and paramedics in action Tuesday afternoon.As part of National Drowning Prevention Week, Parkland Ambulance and lifeguards at the water park showed...
Jul 23, 2019 Parkland Ambulance loads the injured swimmer onto a stretcher to cap off the demonstration (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Two suspects in B.C. murders spotted in Meadow Lake, may be in Manitoba: RCMP
Police say the two suspects wanted in connection with a homicide investigation in northern British Columbia are on the move after they were spotted in Meadow Lake this week. RCMP investigators said 19...
Jul 23, 2019 RCMP investigators say Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmedgelsky are considered to be armed and extremely dangerous. (submitted photo/RCMP)