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Iqaluit residents can drink city water again after 60-day health order
IQALUIT - People in Iqaluit can drink the city's tap water again after 60 days of living under a do-not-consume notice. The notice was lifted Friday by Nunavut's Health Department. Residents of the te...
Dec 10, 2021

16-year-old charged with attempted murder after teacher stabbed in Montreal classroom
MONTREAL - A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed in a Montreal high school classroom Thursday. The provincial prosecution service said the teenager, who ...
Dec 10, 2021

Like father like son. Ticats QB Dane Evans happy to learn footballs X's and O's
HAMILTON - The son of a football coach, Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans got into the X's and O's himself last year - almost by accident. When the CFL cancelled its 2020 season due to the pa...
Dec 10, 2021

Murder case involving former Prince Albert RCMP officer faces delays
A scheduled preliminary hearing next week for a former Prince Albert RCMP officer charged with first degree murder has been postponed five months. The simple reason provided to paNOW by Prosecutor Bil...
Dec 10, 2021

Speedskater Laurent Dubreuil shatters Canadian record at World Cup stop in Calgary
CALGARY - Laurent Dubreuil didn't just break Jeremy Wotherspoon's Canadian record, he shattered it. On the opening day of the ISU World Cup speedskating event at Calgary's Olympic Oval, Dubreuil of Le...
Dec 10, 2021

Trojans building players on and off the ice as first half concludes
The Tisdale Trojans haven't had the first half they wanted, at least record-wise, as they currently sit in last place on their league standings.After playing exactly half of their regular season to th...
Dec 10, 2021

Canada to U.S. on EV tax credits: 'No choice but to forcefully respond' if passed
WASHINGTON - Canada is threatening a retaliatory barrage of punitive tariffs and to reverse a number of dairy-related trade concessions if the United States goes through with its controversial plan to...
Dec 10, 2021

Edmonton Stingers pro basketball team set to make Champions League Americas debut
The Edmonton Stingers flew to Nicaragua on Friday with one major goal in mind - to prove Canadian pro basketball is as good as any league in the Americas not named NBA. The Stingers open the FIBA Bask...
Dec 10, 2021

Health workers say existing law against intimidation isn't strong enough: Lametti
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says a new law to single out health care workers for special protection from intimidation and threats at work is a response to a need identified by the workers ...
Dec 10, 2021

AP sources: US hostage envoy visited Venezuela this week
MIAMI (AP) - A senior U.S. diplomat quietly traveled to Venezuela this week and met with imprisoned Americans in an ongoing effort to secure release of the men the Biden administration believes are be...
Dec 10, 2021