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Rally for QSAs and GSAs happening Tuesday in Red Deer
The fight to maintain current protections around gay-straight and queer-straight alliances is coming to Red Deer.Rallies have already been held in Edmonton and Calgary in response to a proposal from t...
Apr 05, 2019 Crowds gathered outside the provincial Legislature on Mar. 27, 2019 to protest the UCP's proposal to claw back protections related to GSAs. (Credit: Bobbi Cullum)
Biden: I'll be more mindful of respecting personal space
Former Vice-President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that his tendency toward physical displays of affection and encouragement has made some women uncomfortable, and he promised to be "much more min...
Apr 05, 2019
Avengers help unveil $5M donation for seriously ill children
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Some of Marvel's top Avengers have assembled to support a $5 million donation to benefit seriously ill children in hospitals around the globe. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Sca...
Apr 05, 2019
Freeland say lifting U.S. tariffs is part of ratification of the new NAFTA
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is linking the lifting of "absurd" U.S. tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel to the ratification of the new North American free-trade deal. Dealing...
Apr 05, 2019
EDC investigating claim it backed SNC-Lavalin on corrupt Angola dam contract
OTTAWA - Export Development Canada is reviewing its decision to provide up to half a billion dollars worth of insurance in 2011 for an SNC-Lavalin contract in Angola afte...
Apr 05, 2019
Oh Baby! Legendary broadcaster Bob Cole set to make one final call
Bob Cole still remembers the butterflies flapping in his stomach as he walked into the old Boston Garden in the spring of 1969. Calling games on "Hockey Night in Canada" was his dream. This ...
Apr 05, 2019
Rep: Jagger doing well after receiving medical treatment
NEW YORK - A representative for Mick Jagger says he has successfully undergone treatment, though no details were provided. In a statement released Friday, Jagger's rep says he "is doing very well and ...
Apr 05, 2019
B.C. public schools to provide free menstrual products for students
BURNABY, B.C. - Free menstrual products are being made available in every British Columbia public school. Education Minister Rob Fleming says a ministerial ordered requires all public schools to provi...
Apr 05, 2019
Former sports radio co-host Carton gets 3 1/2 years in prison
NEW YORK - Sports radio personality Craig Carton has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for a ticket reselling scam that ended his decade-long show with ex-NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason. Carton ...
Apr 05, 2019
Former Winnipeg broadcaster get prison time after admitting to bank holdups
REGINA - A former Winnipeg television sports anchor has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison after pleading guilty to a string of bank robberies in Saskatchewan. Stephen Vogelsang was s...
Apr 05, 2019