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Yahoo Japan making tender offer for retailer Zozo at $3.7B
TOKYO - Yahoo Japan Corp. announced a tender offer worth an estimated 400 billion yen ($3.7 billion) for Zozo Inc., a Japanese online retailer started by a celebrity tycoon. Zozo Chief Executive Yusak...
Sep 12, 2019

Canada finds goals hard to come by in CONCACAF Nations League rematch with Cuba
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Canada survived heat, a hard pitch and a physical Cuba side in a 1-0 win in CONCACAF Nations League A play Tuesday, just three days after running roughshod over...
Sep 12, 2019

The latest developments in the Manitoba election; PCs form majority government
WINNIPEG - 10:49 p.m. CDT Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says the loss of seats the Progressive Conservatives suffered in the provincial election shows his government needs to do a be...
Sep 12, 2019

Mugabe's body heading home to Zimbabwe for mourning, burial
SINGAPORE - The body of Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe was being returned to his homeland Wednesday to lie in state before his burial in the African nation he ruled for decades. Mugabe died...
Sep 12, 2019

Riders to face Adams Jr., for first time since trade
Vernon Adams Jr., was once a promising young quarterback with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.On Saturday, the 26-year-old will lead the Montreal Alouettes into Mosaic Stadium on a three-game winning str...
Sep 12, 2019 Quarterback Vernon Adams was acquired by the Saskatchewan Roughriders from the Montreal Alouettes on Aug. 15, 2017. (Vernon Adams Instagram)

U of S gets big donation for P.A. campus
The University of Saskatchewan College of Dentistry has been given a donation of over $1 million, which will be going to the new campus in Prince Albert.The gift is from Toronto based dentalcorp, whic...
Sep 12, 2019 The campus will be at the Forest Centre in downtown Prince Albert (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

The Latest: First debate night of the campaign, minus the Liberal leader
OTTAWA - The latest developments as federal party leaders take part in the first debate of the campaign (all times Eastern): 7 p.m. The three leaders taking part in tonight's election campaign debate ...
Sep 12, 2019

Canadian teenager Jordyn Huitema continues torrid scoring pace for PSG
BRAGA, Portugal - Canadian teenager Jordyn Huitema continued her torrid scoring pace with Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday, scoring twice in stoppage time as the French side blanked Portugal'...
Sep 12, 2019

Green party's Pierre Nantel calls for Quebec independence 'as fast as possible'
MONTREAL - A prominent federal Green party candidate told an internet radio show Tuesday he wants Quebec to separate from Canada as soon as possible. Pierre Nantel, who won his riding south ...
Sep 12, 2019

Young moose crashes through the front door of a B.C. school board office
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - A moose that may have had a yearning for learning smashed its way into the Peace River North School District office in Fort St. John, B.C. Jarrod Bell, a director of instruction ...
Sep 12, 2019