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U.S. tug firm to be sentenced for 2016 spill in B.C. First Nation's territory
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A Texas-based company is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a diesel spill from a tug boat that ran aground and sank in a First Nation's fishing ground on...
Jul 15, 2019
Federal, B.C. governments consider options to help salmon blocked by landslide
CLINTON, B.C. - A system of pressurized tubes known as a "salmon cannon" is among the options the British Columbia and federal governments are considering to help fish trapped by a rock slide in ...
Jul 15, 2019
Win means Ticats will have plenty good to think about during bye week
There's nothing quite like heading into a bye week off a big win. Just ask quarterback Jeremiah Masoli after Hamilton defeated the Calgary Stampeders 30-23 on Saturday night to snap a dubiou...
Jul 15, 2019
Diversity a Canadian strength, Trudeau says of Trump tweets at congresswomen
PETAWAWA, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says President Donald Trump's suggestion that four female members of Congress should go back where they came from if they don't like America wouldn't fly...
Jul 15, 2019
Team Woodland sends largest contingent ever to Tony Cote Summer Games
The largest contingent of athletes ever to represent Team Woodland are competing at the 2019 Tony Cote Summer Games. The Games began Sunday on Flying Dust First Nation with an opening ceremony, which ...
Jul 15, 2019 Team Woodland at the 2019 Tony Cote Summer Games opening ceremony. (Tammy Cook-Searson/Facebook)
Sask. researchers to study health benefits of Métis jigging
The fitness potential of traditional Mtis jigging is the subject of a new research project at the University of Saskatchewan (USask).Heather Foulds, assistant professor in the College of Kinesiology, ...
Jul 15, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Shooting survivor quits panel over 'timid' Liberal record on assault-style guns
OTTAWA - Mass-shooting survivor Nathalie Provost has quit the federal firearms advisory committee in frustration, saying she is extremely disappointed with the Liberal government's failure t...
Jul 15, 2019
Toronto Wolfpack down Featherstone Rovers for 15th straight rugby league win
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack returned to England on Saturday night, riding a 15-game win streak and nursing a few lumps after a hard-fought 22-18 victory over Featherstone Rovers. It was an afternoo...
Jul 15, 2019
Australian model sentenced for airline flight disturbance
LOS ANGELES - An Australian model has been sentenced in Los Angeles to community service and probation but no prison time for slapping a flight attendant and going on an obscene tirade during a flight...
Jul 15, 2019
AP source: Simmons, 76ers agree to $170 million, 5-year deal
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia 76ers and star guard Ben Simmons have agreed to a $170 million, five-year contract extension, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The max de...
Jul 15, 2019