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New study offers insight and recommendations to reduce right whale deaths
FREDERICTON - More than half the 70 North Atlantic right whale deaths recorded over the last 16 years were caused by entanglement in fishing gear or vessel collisions, a new study reports. T...
Jun 22, 2019
P.A.'s most famous clock gets fix from Melfort master
It looks out in every direction of the city as both an iconic symbol of early 20th century workmanship and a valuable public asset for the ever-present. The four-faced clock on Prince Albert's Court o...
Jun 22, 2019 The 93-year-old, four-faced clock can be seen from all points of the compass around Prince Albert. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Legal system making slow but sure steps to timely justice, top judge says
OTTAWA - Following years of backlogs and delays, Canadian courts are making slow but steady progress toward more timely justice, the country's top judge says. Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard ...
Jun 22, 2019
Woman whose dead babies were found in home cleared of murder
WORCESTER, Mass. - A Massachusetts woman who lived in a squalid, vermin-infested home where authorities found the remains of three babies was cleared Thursday of second-degree murder, but was convicte...
Jun 22, 2019
Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka enjoying Fashion Week in Paris
PARIS - Serge Ibaka is looking good in Paris. The Toronto Raptors big man is enjoying Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020, showing off a colourful wardrobe. His schedule has included trips to M...
Jun 22, 2019
Canadian soldier's remains to return to Canada after death in parachute exercise
OTTAWA - The body of a Canadian soldier who died in a parachute exercise in Bulgaria is returning to Canada tonight. Bombardier Patrick Labrie died after something went wrong in a training jump from a...
Jun 22, 2019
Trudeau says he will defend minority rights in face of Quebec religious-symbol law
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added his voice Thursday to the growing opposition to Quebec's new law prohibiting teachers, police officers and other public servants in positions of authorit...
Jun 22, 2019
Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland
WASHINGTON - A 40-foot-tall, World War I memorial cross can continue to stand on public land in Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in an important decision about the use of religious symbols i...
Jun 22, 2019
Patriots owner pledges $20 million to fight anti-Semitism
JERUSALEM - The owner of the New England Patriots accepted Israel's prestigious Genesis Prize, known as the "Jewish Nobel," at a lavish ceremony on Thursday, where he pledged $20 million to establish ...
Jun 22, 2019
Friday's Scoreboard
CFLEdmonton 39 B.C. 23Canadian Elite Basketball League Niagara River Lions 94, Saskatchewan Rattlers 83MLBAmerican LeagueN.Y. Yankees 4 Houston 1Cleveland 7 Detroit 6Boston 7 Toronto 5 (10 innings)Chi...
Jun 22, 2019