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Ontario's Homan into Hearts final with 8-3 win over Jones wild-card team
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Ontario's Rachel Homan advanced to the final of the Canadian women's curling championship with an 8-3 semifinal win over the Jennifer Jones wild-card team Sunday. Homan, a...
Feb 23, 2020
Ottawa, province, First Nations sign deal to protect southern mountain caribou
VANCOUVER - A historic agreement to save endangered southern mountain caribou in northeast British Columbia has been recognized as reconciliation in action, coming on the same day tensions p...
Feb 23, 2020
Sand sculpting theme chosen for prestigious Parksville event
PARKSVILLE - Roaring 20's emerged as the design theme for this summer's world renowned sand sculpting competition on Parksville Beach.The Parksville Beach Festival Society announced the winning theme ...
Feb 23, 2020 Ilya Filimontsev of Russia won first place in the solo division of the 2019 Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition in Parksville. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Ottawa, province, First Nations sign deal to protect southern mountain caribou
VANCOUVER - A historic agreement to save endangered southern mountain caribou in northeast British Columbia has been recognized as reconciliation in action, coming on the same day tensions p...
Feb 23, 2020
Former Ukraine diplomat Marie Yovanovitch has book deal
NEW YORK - Former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, the career diplomat who during the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump offered a chilling account of alleged threats from Trump and h...
Feb 23, 2020
Alice Munro among Nobel Prize winners urging Trudeau to deny oilsands project
Canadian author Alice Munro and dozens of other Nobel Prize winners around the world have joined the heated opposition facing a massive oilsands project in northern Alberta, decrying the proposed deve...
Feb 23, 2020
Hurricanes to bring emergency backup goalie Ayers to Raleigh for game
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes aren't done with David Ayers just yet. Ayres, a 42-year-old Zamboni driver for the AHL's Toronto Marlies, was forced to be Carolina's emergency goalie for ...
Feb 23, 2020
Violent ends to past Indigenous protests haunt Trudeau government
OTTAWA - The ghosts of Indigenous protests past have hovered over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as his government struggles to bring a peaceful end to blockades that have disrupted traffic o...
Feb 23, 2020
Ombudsman calls for national consultations, plan for supporting veterans
OTTAWA - The watchdog for Canadian veterans is calling for nationwide consultations to develop a much-needed vision and plan to support veterans and their families with all their needs. The call by ve...
Feb 23, 2020
Ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic full of holes: environmental group
The global body that regulates shipping is moving to eliminate a highly polluting fuel in the Arctic. But environmental groups say the International Maritime Organization's proposal is so full of loop...
Feb 23, 2020