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Blue Jays open 2020 at home to Red sox, close regular season in Fenway
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will open their 2020 season with a four-game home series against the division rival Boston Red Sox. The Major League Baseball club released its schedule for next season...
Aug 12, 2019

Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller looks to lessons learned at Women's World Cup
TORONTO - Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller left the Women's World Cup filled with disappointment. He's run through a gamut of emotions since the 1-0 round-of-16 loss to Sweden on June 24 that s...
Aug 12, 2019

Panthers to retire goalie Roberto Luongo's number in March
SUNRISE, Fla. - Roberto Luongo's No. 1 jersey will be retired by the Florida Panthers on March 7. The Panthers announced the ceremony date for their now-retired goaltender on Monday. Fittingly, the op...
Aug 12, 2019

Toronto Argonauts trade DE Lemon to B.C. Lions for DT Coleman, 2020 draft pick
TORONTO - Shawn Lemon is back with the B.C. Lions. The Lions acquired the veteran defensive end from the Toronto Argonauts on Monday for defensive tackle Davon Coleman and a conditional 2020 eigh...
Aug 12, 2019

70-year-old Green Lake resident facing drug charges
A 70-year-old from Green Lake is facing charges for possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Rita Sinclair was charged after members of the Green Lake and Meadow Lake RCMP and officers with ...
Aug 12, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Latina organizer newest Senate challenger to Texas' Cornyn
AUSTIN, Texas - A Latina activist in Texas launched a U.S. Senate run Monday saying hate has made people feel "they can target us on the streets" in the wake of an El Paso gunman who police believe po...
Aug 12, 2019

New analysis finds link between vaping and cannabis use in teens, young adults
MONTREAL - Teens and young adults who use electronic cigarettes are significantly more likely to use cannabis as well, according to a new study co-authored by a Canadian researcher. Pediatrician Nicho...
Aug 12, 2019

All-female air ambulance crew makes history in Sask.
History was made in Saskatchewan last week after an air ambulance trip to Buffalo Narrows.It was a day like any other for pilot Tammie Kulyk as she showed up for work on Aug. 2, but she realized the c...
Aug 12, 2019 Saskatchewan air ambulance pilots, from left to right, Tammie Kulyk (pilot), Carly St. Onge (pilot), Crystal Lybeck (flight nurse) and Jen Rondeau (paramedic) pose for a photo. (Submitted photo)

One seriously injured, another charged after ATV accident on Clearwater River Dene F.N.
One woman was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after an all terrain vehicle accident on the Clearwater River Dene First Nation. Emergency crews were called out at around 8:30 p.m. on A...
Aug 12, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Epstein's guards worked extreme OT shifts morning of death
NEW YORK - Guards on Jeffrey Epstein's unit were working extreme overtime shifts to make up for staffing shortages the morning of his apparent suicide, a person familiar with the jail's operations tol...
Aug 12, 2019