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Saturday's Scoreboard
Here are the results from Saturday...WHLPrince Albert 2, Brandon 1Everett 2, Vancouver 1Calgary 6, Kamloops 4Spokane 2, Medicine Hat 1Red Deer 7, Tri-City 5Edmonton 2, Regina 1 (OT)Saskatoon 8, Swift ...
Feb 23, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Protesters abandon Quebec rail blockade after show of force by police
ST-LAMBERT, Que. - A blockade south of Montreal that halted rail traffic and frayed nerves since Wednesday was abandoned late Friday after riot police arrived to enforce a court injunction. The r...
Feb 23, 2020

Intel officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy
WASHINGTON - Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected, according to three officials familiar w...
Feb 23, 2020

Survivor: German shooter emptied magazine, calmly walked out
HANAU, Germany - Piter Minnemann and his friends were eating when they heard shots fired outside the door of the snack bar in Hanau where they had gathered. Minnemann, 18, recalled that he had just go...
Feb 23, 2020

Italy reports 1st virus death, cases more than quadruple
CODOGNO, Italy - Italy reported its first death from the new virus from China early Saturday and the number of people infected more than quadrupled due to a cluster of cases that prompted officials to...
Feb 23, 2020

Raf Simons joining Prada in full creative collaboration
MILAN - Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons - two of the fashion world's biggest creative names - will collaborate on Prada collections from Spring/Summer 2021 going forward indefinitely, the designers annou...
Feb 23, 2020

Amy, chasing: Klobuchar, already beating odds, faces uphill climb
WASHINGTON - It's been a running gag ever since she launched her bid to become president of the United States: Amy Klobuchar knows how to handle a Canadian winter. Not long after the Minnesota se...
Feb 23, 2020

US, Taliban truce takes effect, setting stage for peace deal
ISLAMABAD - A temporary truce between the United States and the Taliban took effect on Friday, setting the stage for the two sides to sign a peace deal next week aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afg...
Feb 23, 2020

Russian spy case documents missing or destroyed, Canada's info watchdog finds
OTTAWA - Federal officials lost or possibly destroyed sensitive records about the case of a naval officer convicted of selling secrets to Russia, an investigation by Canada's information commissi...
Feb 23, 2020

Virus closes doors at Armani, but other Milan shows go on
MILAN - After Giorgio Armani's last-minute decision to show his latest collection in an empty theatre due to concerns about the new virus, the rest of Milan's runway shows scheduled for Sunday are to ...
Feb 23, 2020