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Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris closes in on White's X Games medal record
Mark McMorris is on the verge of Winter X Games history. Winning medals in slopestyle and big air Saturday in Aspen, Colo., would push the Canadian snowboarder past American star Shaun White...
Jan 22, 2020

Larry Walker's Hall plaque to feature Rockies cap, not Expos
NEW YORK - Larry Walker's Hall of Fame plaque in Cooperstown will have a Colorado Rockies cap, not a Montreal Expos hat. Walker spoke with Hall officials after he was elected Tuesday in his 10th and f...
Jan 22, 2020

MLTC career tour focuses on trades and education
Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) is hosting a job fair for nine local First Nation Communities. Chris Mazuren, organizer of the MLTC job fair, told meadowlakeNOW the council is committed and obligate...
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SNC-Lavalin drops court challenge over bid for special agreement
OTTAWA - Montreal-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin has ended its court challenge of the federal prosecution service's decision to deny it a special agreement to avoid crimin...
Jan 22, 2020

Powell's big 4th quarter leads Raptors past Hawks, 122-117
ATLANTA - Norman Powell says nothing has changed, even though he's in the best streak of his highest-scoring season. It may feel normal to the Toronto Raptors' sixth man. The results definitely look d...
Jan 22, 2020

Celebrities back California bill to cut single-use plastics
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A push to pass first-in-the-nation California proposals to limit single-use plastic containers and other items drew support from actor Jeff Goldblum on Wednesday. Environmental gr...
Jan 22, 2020

North American bird population drops by three billion
The last 50 years have taken their toll on North American bird populations."We have lost a third of our bird population," Conservation Director with Nature Saskatchewan, Lorne Scott told paNOW.Scott e...
Jan 22, 2020 A turkey vulture. (submitted photo/Gary Houston)

'She wanted to stop things that weren't OK': Warrior for women and children's rights dies
Debbie Palmer knew how to make people feel special. Her family said the 64-year old corrections officer often sang to the inmates at Pinegrove Correctional Centre where she worked. She never seemed to...
Jan 22, 2020 Members of Debbie Palmer's family gathered to share stories with paNOW about her lasting impact on so many people. Not pictured are her sons Jamison and Timothy Quinton. (Teena Monteleone/paNOW Staff)

Ted Hughes, British Columbia's first conflict watchdog, dies at 92
VICTORIA - Ted Hughes, whose reports led to the resignation of a premier and the overhaul of child welfare systems in British Columbia and Manitoba, has died. He was 92. Hughes was...
Jan 22, 2020

Humane Society removes 80 cats from home in Guelph, Ont.
GUELPH, Ont. - The Guelph Humane Society says it has taken in 80 cats that were found in a home in the southwestern Ontario city. The organization's executive director says they were called ...
Jan 22, 2020