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Trudeau dons protective vest as security threat delays Toronto-area rally
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau took extraordinary safety precautions at a major election rally west of Toronto Saturday, donning an armoured vest and appearing with a heav...
Oct 13, 2019
Fighters with Vancouver ties enjoy banner day on One Championship cards
TOKYO - Vancouver-born (Unstoppable) Angela Lee and Vancouver-based bantamweight Bibiano (The Flash) Fernandes both successfully defended their One Championship MMA titles Sunday. Lee (10-2-0) submitt...
Oct 13, 2019
Sunday's Scoreboard
WHL Prince Albert 8, Moose Jaw 4Winnipeg 6, Swift Current 5 (SO)Saskatoon 2, Lethbridge 1Vancouver 4, Regina 2Edmonton 6, Calgary 4Everett 1, Seattle 0 (OT)Kamloops 5, Kelowna 2Medicine Hat 9, Red Dee...
Oct 13, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff).
Power out, highways closed: Blast of early winter cripples southern Manitoba
WINNIPEG - An early blast of winter-like weather knocked out power and made travel nearly impossible in many parts of southern Manitoba on Friday. Heavy, wet sn...
Oct 13, 2019
Canada, Namibia rue missed shot at rare Rugby World Cup win due to typhoon
KAMAISHI, Japan - With Typhoon Hagibis closing in, the Canadian rugby team went to bed Saturday with three possible scenarios for its final Pool B match against Namibia at the Rugby World Cup in Japan...
Oct 13, 2019
Trudeau seeks to solidify support in B.C. amid anger over pipeline purchase
BURNABY, B.C. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau sought to solidify his party's uncertain electoral prospects in British Columbia Friday and bloody Jagmeet Singh's nose at the same time by taking his ele...
Oct 13, 2019
Wood pulp, steel cables: Scientists study how to make ice roads last longer
The road should have been frozen solid, but it was anything but. When drivers tried to travel the Mackenzie Valley winter road in the Northwest Territories last March, it was an unpassable h...
Oct 13, 2019
Bueno Tacos y Poutine EH! taking off in Melfort, moving into Northern Lights Palace
A fairly new and unique venture in northeast Saskatchewan is fitting in well in Melfort.Joan and Desmond Short are the owners and operators of Bueno Tacos y Poutine and they've been seen around Melfor...
Oct 13, 2019 Bueno Tacos y Poutine EH! currently run a food truck that has been seen around Melfort, but they will be moving into the Northern Lights Palace concession starting Nov. 1. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Esper says Trump orders US troops to leave northern Syria
WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Mark Esper says President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. troops in northern Syria to move south, but not leave the country. Esper tells CBS' "Face the Nation" that th...
Oct 13, 2019
Pope canonizes John Henry Newman, 19th-century theologian
VATICAN CITY - With Prince Charles looking on, Pope Francis on Sunday canonized Cardinal John Henry Newman, praising the 19th-century Anglican convert who became an influential, unifying figure in bot...
Oct 13, 2019