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Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume says he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer
Quebec City's longtime mayor has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The city said in a statement on Wednesday that Regis Labeaume will gradually scale back his duties and eventually take a leave of ...
Mar 15, 2019
An increased buzz around electric vehicles
With more people becoming environmentally conscious, the appetite for electric vehicles is increasing according to a local dealership.General manager at Evergreen Nissan, Ron Jones said the electric c...
Mar 15, 2019 A growing trend in the vehicle industry is slowly creating a buzz in Prince Albert according to a local dealer. (paNOW Staff/ Charlene Tebbutt)
Media industry anxious for news in budget on federal plan to support journalism
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is due to deliver an update to its plan to support journalism in next week's budget but Ottawa's recent silence on the file has stoked concerns...
Mar 15, 2019
Quebec students join global marches to demand climate change action
MONTREAL - University and high school students across Quebec are holding strikes today as they join climate marches taking place around the world. In Montreal, a large crowd is&nbs...
Mar 15, 2019
File shows plea set for Florida man in pipe bomb mail case
NEW YORK - A Florida man charged with sending pipe bombs to prominent critics of President Donald Trump is expected to plead guilty next week. A notice entered in the case file of Cesar Sayoc in Manha...
Mar 15, 2019
N.W.T., federal government reach deal on caribou conservation plans
YELLOWKNIFE - Ottawa and the Northwest Territories have reached a deal on protecting threatened caribou. But one environmental group calls so-called Section 11 agreements - draft versions of which hav...
Mar 15, 2019
Golden Globe Awards set for Jan. 5 next year
LOS ANGELES - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association says it has chosen a date for next year's Golden Globe Awards. The association said Friday the 77th annual awards will be held Jan. 5. The ceremon...
Mar 15, 2019
Trump: US grounding some Boeing 737s after Ethiopia crash
WASHINGTON - The U.S. is issuing an emergency order Wednesday grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft "effective immediately," in the wake of the crash of an Ethiopian Airliner that killed 1...
Mar 15, 2019
Prosecutors drop most remaining cases in fatal prison riot
DOVER, Del. - Delaware prosecutors dismissed all but three remaining cases Friday against inmate defendants charged in a deadly riot at the state's maximum-security prison. The decision came after ear...
Mar 15, 2019
Kevin Vickers to announce Friday if he'll seek New Brunswick Liberal leadership
FREDERICTON - Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers is expected to announce Friday whether he intends to seek the Liberal leadership in New Brunswick. The retired ambassador to Irelan...
Mar 15, 2019