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Vancouver Whitecaps' hectic stretch 'almost like team bonding': Sutter
VANCOUVER - A gruelling stretch for the Vancouver Whitecaps has resulted in some injuries, but players say it also has created a closer-knit squad. The Whitecaps (3-6-5) will play their sixth of seven...
May 24, 2019
Canadian athletes showing support for Toronto Raptors around the world
The Gotzis decathlon in Austria is a storied annual event, but another sporting topic keeps popping up at the track this week. Seems the hotly contested NBA Eastern Conference final between ...
May 24, 2019
Severe thunderstorm watch
A severe thunderstorm watch issued for the Red Deer - Ponoka - Innisfail - Stettler region Friday has ended.
May 24, 2019
Wilson-Raybould, Philpott to announce political futures in ridings
OTTAWA - Two former Liberal cabinet ministers who resigned over the SNC-Lavalin controversy are set to announce their next moves. Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott say they'll announce ...
May 24, 2019
Long weekend police chase leads to charges against four
Four people face a long list of charges following a crime spree over the May Long Weekend that included a police-involved pursuit where shots were fired.Mounties says the full list of over 40 charges ...
May 24, 2019
Alberta throne speech followed by bill to repeal provincial carbon tax
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney put forward a bill Wednesday to kill the Alberta carbon tax - and he put Ottawa politicians on notice that if they try to backstop it with their own ...
May 24, 2019
Authorities raid 247 Colorado homes growing black market pot
DENVER - Authorities said Friday they raided hundreds of black market marijuana operations in Colorado that flouted the state's cannabis law by growing tens of thousands of plants in Denver-area homes...
May 24, 2019
Emergency funds for High Level evacuees to start flowing by Monday
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Alberta's municipal affairs minister says emergency funds should be available to northwestern Alberta fire evacuees by Monday.Kaycee Madu says every adult will get $1,250 - plus $5...
May 24, 2019
'Here we go again': Judge blocks Mississippi abortion ban
JACKSON, Miss. - A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, at about six weeks of pregnancy. "Here we go again," ...
May 24, 2019
Michigan AG: Lame-duck ballot drive law is unconstitutional
LANSING, Mich. - Michigan's attorney general said Wednesday that a Republican-enacted law making it harder to put proposals on the statewide ballot is unconstitutional, declaring that lawmakers had no...
May 24, 2019