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City of Prince Albert bans plastic check out bags
Prince Albert has become the first city in Saskatchewan to ban plastic checkout bags. City council passed the bylaw unanimously at Monday night's meeting, despite some last minute concerns raised by t...
Jan 28, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Toronto-area mayors, police chiefs meet to discuss gun violence
TORONTO - Mayors and police chiefs from the Toronto area are meeting today to discuss a recent spike in gun violence throughout the region. Toronto Mayor John Tory says he called the meeting - wh...
Jan 28, 2020
UK to allow Huawei equipment in 5G networks but not in 'core' parts
LONDON - Britain decided Tuesday to give Huawei limited access to build parts of its new high-speed mobile network, in a setback for the United States, which has been pushing allies to ban the Chinese...
Jan 28, 2020
Birds flocking to national parks in the Canadian Rockies
BANFF, Alta. - It turns out tourists aren't the only ones who love the national parks in the Canadian Rockies. Despite recent studies showing bird populations are declining in many areas of North Amer...
Jan 28, 2020
As 106 reported dead from a virus outbreak, countries look to evacuate citizens
China has confirmed more than 4,500 cases of a new form of coronavirus, with 106 deaths. Nearly all of the fatalities have been in central Hubei province, but the new total includes the first death in...
Jan 28, 2020
Inquiry into Afghanistan vet who killed family, self, to continue in Nova Scotia
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry into an Afghanistan war veteran who shot and killed three members of this family before turning the gun on himself continues today in Nova Scotia. It's the second full d...
Jan 28, 2020
A wolf is trapped and an RCMP arrest prompts warnings; In The News for Jan. 28
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 28 ... What we are wa...
Jan 28, 2020
Germany confirms 1st case of new virus from China
BERLIN - A man confirmed as Germany's first case of the new virus that has emerged in central China is believed to have been infected by a Chinese colleague who visited his workplace, authorities said...
Jan 28, 2020
In #metoo era, Kobe and other athletes often get a pass
DENVER - Folded conveniently into the narratives about his "complicated past" was the detail about Kobe Bryant that could've wrecked him. It was a rape allegation by a 19-year-old employee of a hotel....
Jan 28, 2020
Netanyahu pulls request for immunity on corruption charges
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, hours before parliamentary proceedings were set to begin. In a statement issued on ...
Jan 28, 2020