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For the birds: Halifax delays plan to cut 80,000 trees in beloved seaside park
HALIFAX - A plan to cut down 80,000 trees inside Halifax's most popular seaside park has been put on hold until the fall to protect the nests of many species of birds, including a ...
May 10, 2019
Impact face Cincinnati side led by former Montreal youth coach Damet
MONTREAL - The surging Impact look to build on their stellar away record when they face struggling FC Cincinnati on Saturday, but Montreal goalkeeper Evan Bush says his side needs to be wary of a moti...
May 10, 2019
Receiver Chris Matthews agrees to terms with Winnipeg Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG - Chris Matthews is done with the NFL. The veteran receiver agreed to terms with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday, returning to where he began his CFL tenure in 2012. After four seaso...
May 10, 2019
Red Deer region's jobless rate moves higher in April
There was a significant increase in the Red Deer region's unemployment rate last month.According to the latest figures from Statistics Canada, the Red Deer region saw an unemployment rate of 6.5 per c...
May 10, 2019
Caretaker of vacant Victoria hotel still missing, days after blaze
VICTORIA - Firefighters in Victoria continue to battle a stubborn blaze that tore through a vacant 109-year-old heritage building Monday and forced the closure of nearby city hall, businesses and majo...
May 10, 2019
Wool wrap for royal baby suggests tradition will win out
LONDON - Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor slept through his first press conference, but royal experts say the merino wool wrap in which he snuggled said a lot about how his parents, Prince Harry an...
May 10, 2019
Man accused of killing 4 people in Fredericton shooting spree returns to court
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick man accused of murdering four people, including two police officers, in a shooting spree last August was back in a Fredericton courtroom Friday. Matthew Raymond...
May 10, 2019
Toronto FC looks to ground high-flying Philadelphia Union on Saturday
TORONTO - Squeezed between do-or-die NBA playoff games between the Raptors and 76ers, Toronto FC hosts a high-flying Philadelphia team of its own Saturday when the Union visit BMO Field. The Union (6-...
May 10, 2019
Keefe's Key: Marlies coach has shown a willingness to adapt on and off the ice
TORONTO - Sheldon Keefe thought he had a pretty good understanding of his new world. The owner/head coach of the Pembroke Lumber Kings - a junior-A hockey team located about 150 kilomet...
May 10, 2019
RCMP defends 'thorough, independent' investigation into Vice-Admiral Mark Norman
OTTAWA - The RCMP is defending its investigation of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman after the case against the military's former second-in-command collapsed this week. In a statement, the Mounties ...
May 10, 2019