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O'Leary legal challenge of leadership finance rules set for April
OTTAWA - Celebrity businessman and former Conservative leadership contender Kevin O'Leary has an April court date to challenge the constitutionality of campaign finance law. O'Leary filed a ...
Nov 10, 2019
Supreme Court says drug trafficker need not pay additional fine by 6-3 margin
OTTAWA - A convicted drug trafficker should not have to pay a fine as part of his punishment to offset the fact he used money he obtained from his crimes to pay his legal fees, the Supreme Court of Ca...
Nov 10, 2019
Ottawa Fury pro soccer team suspends operations
OTTAWA - The Canadian pro soccer landscape no longer includes the nation's capital after Ottawa's sports scene absorbed another blow Friday. The Ottawa Fury have suspended operations, saying they have...
Nov 10, 2019
UN court says it has jurisdiction in Ukraine-Russia case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - In a legal victory for Kyiv, the United Nations' highest court ruled Friday that it has jurisdiction in a case brought by Ukraine alleging that Russia breached treaties on ter...
Nov 10, 2019
Bannon says Stone was Trump campaign link to WikiLeaks
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's campaign viewed Roger Stone as an "access point" to WikiLeaks and tried to use him to get advanced word about hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton, a former top presid...
Nov 10, 2019
Saturday's Scoreboard
Here are the results from Saturday...WHLEdmonton 4, Calgary 2Kamloops 7, Medicine Hat 3Tri-City 3, Lethbridge 2Moose Jaw 3, Swift Current 1Portland 2, Vancouver 1 (SO)Red Deer 3, Prince Albert 2Victor...
Nov 10, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Harvest a struggle in Alberta, Saskatchewan, but a miracle in Manitoba
Winter's icy fingers have touched most of the Prairies since late September, causing havoc and frustration for many farmers trying to get crops off their fields. Dave Reid, who farms near Cremona...
Nov 10, 2019
UK police identify truck victims; 10 teenagers among 39 dead
LONDON - Ten teenagers were among the 39 Vietnamese found dead in a truck container in southeast England last month, local police said Friday while relaying for the first time details of those who die...
Nov 10, 2019
Remembering the sacrifices of Canada's military families
OTTAWA - Not only did Reine Samson Dawe's husband serve his entire career in the Canadian Armed Forces, but her four sons all followed in his footsteps. And while she is quick to point to the many way...
Nov 10, 2019
As brazen organized crime shootings hit Montreal, police mum on extent of problem
MONTREAL - A panicking woman spins in circles and screams for her children. Well-dressed party-goers in the posh hotel lobby are frantic. A uniformed officer is on his knees, trying to pump life back ...
Nov 10, 2019