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Former Senators head coach Paul MacLean joins Maple Leafs as assistant
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired former Ottawa Senators head coach Paul MacLean as an assistant coach. MacLean led the Senators' coaching staff from 2011-15, guiding them to a 114-90-...
Sep 25, 2020

Desk shortage forces people to get creative about workspaces
NEW YORK - First it was toilet paper. Disinfectant wipes. Beans. Coins. Computers. Now, desks are in short supply because of the coronavirus pandemic. Millions of kids logging onto virtual school this...
Sep 25, 2020

Canada nears end to long, tortuous search for military rescue planes
OTTAWA - The Canadian military's long search for new rescue planes is nearly over as the federal government is formally showing off the first of 16 new aircraft on Canadian soil today. The unveiling a...
Sep 25, 2020

Virtual Tapestrama
Please join us virtually tomorrow to celebrate our Tapestrama Cultural Festival; 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm at PAMC Facebook page both days, September 26 & 27, 2020.And also please come down and suppor...
Sep 25, 2020

PM Trudeau 'disappointed' by RCMP treatment of Sikh officers over mask issue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is very disappointed that Sikh RCMP officers have been reassigned during the pandemic because their religiously mandated facial hair makes it difficult t...
Sep 25, 2020

Finance Department says federal deficit hit $148.6 billion through July
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $148.6 billion during the first four months of its 2020-2021 fiscal year, the result of unprecedented spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...
Sep 25, 2020

Filippo Ganna becomes first Italian to win men's time trial at road worlds
IMOLA, Italy - Filippo Ganna on Friday became the first Italian to win the men's time trial at the road cycling world championships - and he did it on home turf. Ganna was the penultimate rider to set...
Sep 25, 2020

Toronto Wolfpack fate deferred for four weeks as Super League continues review
Super League wants more time - and information - before deciding whether to readmit the Toronto Wolfpack. The Super League board said it is giving prospective new owner Carlo LiVolsi "a further opport...
Sep 25, 2020

Money stolen from fast food restaurant in Humboldt during break and enter
A break and enter at a fast food restaurant in Humboldt has RCMP asking for information from the public.Sometime between midnight and 4 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, the restaurant on the 800 block of eig...
Sep 25, 2020

'Not a conservation concern': N.S. Mi'kmaq won't deplete lobster stock, says expert
HALIFAX - An Indigenous-run lobster fishery off the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia isn't the big environmental threat that it's being made out to be, according to a fisheries expert. The ...
Sep 25, 2020