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The Latest: Butts, Wernick testify at justice committee on SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - The last developments at the House of Commons justice committee, holding hearings Wednesday on the SNC-Lavalin affair (all times local): 4:50 p.m. The Liberal majority voted to deba...
Mar 08, 2019

Chinese canola decision weighs on prices, creates logistical headaches
Canola prices have taken a hit in the wake of China's decision to block certain Canadian imports, a move that has created a logistical headache for exporters reliant on the key overseas mark...
Mar 08, 2019

Information Centre Canadian War Cemetery (ICB) Looking for Information on SK Fallen Soldiers
The year 2020 will mark the 75th Liberation Anniversary for May 5, 1945, a Dutch ceremony honoring those Canadians who fell in World War II liberating the Netherlands. The Information Centre Canadian ...
Mar 08, 2019 : Karen Cay

Fate of Kate's pregnancy is centre stage on 'This Is Us'
LOS ANGELES - "This Is Us" routinely brings viewers to tears. Next week, it's taking them to the theatre. The hit NBC series will air an episode modeled on a one-act play and confined almost entirely ...
Mar 08, 2019

Trudeau apologizes for government's past mistreatment of Inuit with TB
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on Friday for the way Inuit in northern Canada were treated for tuberculosis in the mid-20th century, calling it colonia...
Mar 08, 2019

AP Exclusive: Misconduct inquiries cost California $1.8M
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Legislature racked up more than $1.8 million in legal costs from sexual harassment investigations during 2018 and the first month of this year when at least nine cu...
Mar 08, 2019

Expert panel says country needs new agency to oversee pharmacare program
TORONTO - Ottawa should create a new agency to oversee the rollout of a national drug plan, a federally struck expert panel said Wednesday in laying out what it called the "buildin...
Mar 08, 2019

RM vote opens door for special care facility outside Prince Albert
A special care facility for first responders, corrections workers, veterans, and other frontline professionals struggling with operational stress injuries, has moved one step closer to construction so...
Mar 08, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

R. Kelly taken back into custody after child-support hearing
CHICAGO - R. Kelly was taken back into custody Wednesday after appearing at a child-support hearing, authorities said, hours after the broadcast of an interview in which the R&B star cried and ran...
Mar 08, 2019

Actor drops 'Carlton Dance' suit against video game maker
LOS ANGELES - "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" star Alfonso Ribeiro has dropped a lawsuit against the makers of the video game "Fortnite" over its use of the "Carlton" dance he did on the show. Ribeiro's...
Mar 08, 2019