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Emmy Awards viewership plunges to 6.9 million people
NEW YORK - The Emmy Awards plunged to a record-low viewership of 6.9 million, illustrating a collective shrug by the public for an annual program that celebrates the best of television and is designed...
Sep 23, 2019
Judges may not be buying that 'Stairway' needs new trial
A group of US judges don't seem inclined to order a new trial in a copyright fight over the Led Zeppelin song, "Stairway to Heaven." Members of an 11-judge panel at a Monday hearing before the 9th U.S...
Sep 23, 2019
Cole Bay man charged in fatal hit and run
A 52-year-old man is dead after he was struck by vehicle on Highway 965 near Canoe Narrows. According to an RCMP media release, Beavual RCMP responded to a report of a pedestrian being struck by a veh...
Sep 23, 2019 Beauval RCMP continue to investigate a fatal hit and run near Canoe Narrows. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Stanton homers, Paxton wins 10th straight as Yanks top Jays
NEW YORK - The oft-injured Yankees started Saturday with a rare positive medical report. Then they got something even scarcer this year - a signature, soaring home run from Giancarlo Stanton. Stanton ...
Sep 23, 2019
Toronto Arrows unveil schedule for expanded Major League Rugby 2020 season
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows will open their 2020 Major League Rugby season Feb. 9 in Texas against the Austin Herd. The second-year Arrows will play a 16-game schedule in the North American league, w...
Sep 23, 2019
Chretien, Clark help represent government at UN during federal campaign
UNITED NATIONS, United States - Former prime ministers Jean Chretien and Joe Clark are helping represent Canada at the United Nations General Assembly as the Trudeau government takes a pass during the...
Sep 23, 2019
Climate-crisis anxiety fuelling Canada's mental-health woes, Greens say
FREDERICTON - Anxiety about political instability and the looming climate crisis are placing new strains on Canadians' mental well-being, the federal Green party says. The Greens outlined a plan ...
Sep 23, 2019
New agreement between Saskatchewan Health Authority and Meadow Lake Tribal Council promises better health services
Better health services are on their way to the Meadow Lake area.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to wor...
Sep 23, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
US soldier arrested on charge of sharing bomb instructions
WASHINGTON - Federal authorities said Monday they charged a U.S. Army soldier with sharing bomb-making instructions online, and said he also discussed the possible bombing of a media organization and ...
Sep 23, 2019
Maple Leafs among Canadian teams looking to take next step
Auston Matthews watched the NBA champion Raptors parade through the streets of Toronto and couldn't help but wonder. What if instead of Kawhi Leonard and Kyle Lowry, it was him and his Maple Leafs tea...
Sep 23, 2019