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Lions announce former Redblacks coach Rick Campbell as new head coach
VANCOUVER - The B.C Lions have named Rick Campbell as their new head coach. Campbell spent the last six seasons as coach of the Ottawa Redblacks, overseeing the club's transition from a 2-16 expansion...
Dec 02, 2019

Hunter says he will plead guilty to corruption charges
SAN DIEGO - U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter plans to plead guilty on Tuesday to the misuse of campaign funds and has indicated he will leave Congress. The California Republican is facing federal corruption ch...
Dec 02, 2019

Washington’s Chris Petersen resigns, Jimmy Lake to take over
SEATTLE - Washington coach Chris Petersen has unexpectedly stepped down after six seasons at the school, with defensive co-ordinator Jimmy Lake promoted to over the program. Petersen's decision was sh...
Dec 02, 2019

Forward MacKinnon, Goaltenders Rittich and Jones named NHL three stars
NEW YORK - Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon, Calgary Flames goaltender David Rittich and San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones are the NHL's three stars of the week. MacKinnon topped the N...
Dec 02, 2019

Student in custody after shooting at Milwaukee-area school
MILWAUKEE - A student is in custody after exchanging gunfire with a school resource officer Monday morning at a suburban Milwaukee high school, the school district said. Police in Waukesha tweeted abo...
Dec 02, 2019

Vets Lafreniere, McIssac, Smith among 31 named to Canada's world juniors camp
CALGARY - Veterans Alexis Lafreniere, Jared McIsaac and Ty Smith were three of the 31 players named to Canada's world junior hockey championship selection camp on Monday afternoon. Lafreniere had a go...
Dec 02, 2019

Kemp picks Kelly Loeffler to succeed Isakson in US Senate
ATLANTA - An Associated Press source says Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has chosen a Republican donor and financial services executive from Georgia as his appointment to the U.S. Senate. The source, a GOP p...
Dec 02, 2019

Alberta university students want lecturer who denies Ukrainian famine fired
EDMONTON - Some University of Alberta students want the school to fire an assistant lecturer who denies the Holodomor, the mass genocide of Ukrainian people carried out by the former So...
Dec 02, 2019

Vidal named to Sheer's shadow cabinet
Gary Vidal, the newly elected MP for the Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River riding has been named to Andrew Scheer's shadow cabinet. Vidal and has been given the file for Indigenous Services."The yout...
Dec 02, 2019 Gary Vidal has been named shadow cabinet member for Indigenous Services. (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

2 dead after house fire in Pelican Narrows
A house fire in northern Saskatchewan has claimed two lives.An RCMP spokesperson said the fire occurred in Pelican Narrows on Saturday.They said more details would be released today.
Dec 02, 2019