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Father of Indigenous hockey player rejects report on racist taunts
WAYCOBAH, N.S. - An investigation into allegations that an Indigenous hockey player faced racist taunts during a recent game in Cape Breton has determined the verbal...
Feb 07, 2020

Airbnb limits young people's ability to rent properties following deadly shooting
TORONTO - Airbnb will limit young adults' ability to book some properties in Canada in a pilot project aimed at cutting down on unauthorized parties like the one where three young men were killed in T...
Feb 07, 2020

Local writers receive $17,500 in Saskatchewan Arts Board funding
Two writers from the tri-communities have received a total of $17,500 from the Saskatchewan Arts Board to assist them in ongoing projects. Miriam Krner was given a $10,000 Independent Artists grant to...
Feb 07, 2020 Miriam Körner was one of the funding recipients. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Obit-Roger Kahn
MAMARONECK, N.Y. - Roger Kahn, the writer who wove memoir and baseball and touched millions of readers through his romantic account of the Brooklyn Dodgers in "The Boys of Summer," has died. He was 92...
Feb 07, 2020

Weinstein accuser says he 'trapped' her during hotel assault
NEW YORK - The final accuser at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial testified Wednesday that he stripped off his clothes, pulled down her dress and groped her breast in a hotel bathroom in 2013, all the whi...
Feb 07, 2020

Obit-Roger Kahn
MAMARONECK, N.Y. - Roger Kahn, the writer who wove memoir and baseball and touched millions of readers through his romantic account of the Brooklyn Dodgers in "The Boys of Summer," has died. He was 92...
Feb 07, 2020

Talks with Wet'suwet'en over pipeline 'not successful,' province says
SMITHERS, B.C. - Talks that were intended to de-escalate a dispute over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia have failed after just two days. Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwe...
Feb 07, 2020

Redblacks QB Nick Arbuckle excited to take on starting role in Ottawa
OTTAWA - One week after signing their new No. 1 quarterback to a two-year deal, the Ottawa Redblacks introduced Nick Arbuckle to the media Friday morning. Not that he needed an introduction. An injury...
Feb 07, 2020

Denny Morrison's speedskating career one of tenacity and teamwork
CALGARY - Denny Morrison leaves speedskating a king of comebacks and the beneficiary of a teammate's generosity. Winner of Olympic gold and silver medals in team pursuit and a silver and a bronze...
Feb 07, 2020

Quebec premier says returns will fly high with $30-million airship investment
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault is dismissing naysayers who are accusing his government of wasting $30 million on a company that wants to build giant airships ...
Feb 07, 2020