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Blue Jays' Charlie Montoyo pleased with MLB managerial debut despite loss
TORONTO - Charlie Montoyo anxiously waited at the top of the home dugout until he got a pat on his shoulder telling him that it was his turn to go on to the field at Rogers Centre. The 53-year-old Mon...
Mar 28, 2019
Baltimore mayor says her $500K book deal was a 'mistake'
Baltimore's mayor on Thursday described a lucrative arrangement to sell her self-published children's books to a university-based health care system as a "regrettable mistake" and offered apologies fo...
Mar 28, 2019
Regina Police release RCMP review of Nadine Machiskinic death investigation
REGINA - The Regina Police Service has released an RCMP report into how it investigated the death of an Indigenous woman who fell 10 storeys down a laundry chute. Nadine Machiskinic, who was 29,&...
Mar 28, 2019
Liberals would eliminate personal income taxes for most Albertans: Khan
Alberta Liberal Leader David Khan says his party would eliminate personal income taxes for most Albertans and lower corporate taxes if they won the April 16 provincial election. "Alberta Liberals will...
Mar 28, 2019
Alberta Mounties seek murder suspect
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes continue to seek the public's assistance in locating a male wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in relation to a homicide investigation.Police are looking for the public's assist...
Mar 28, 2019 Christian Nyabirungu
Election sign vandals face charges if caught
Attention has been drawn to the vandalism of election signs this week after several incidents around the province, including in Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer.It was over the weekend that a number of ...
Mar 28, 2019 An Alberta NDP sign for candidates Kim Schreiner and Rachel Notley was defaced along Taylor Drive in Red Deer over the weekend of Mar. 23-25. Credit: Torry Hartzler-Reichenbacher
Notley say she'll hire more teachers, build more schools
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is promising to hire nearly 1,000 more teachers this fall if her party returns to power after the April 16 election.Notley says an additional 15,000 student...
Mar 28, 2019 Rachel Notley (CP)
Movie set materials cited in firefighter's death in NYC
NEW YORK - Highly combustible materials used to turn a former jazz club into a movie set contributed to the death of a veteran New York City firefighter last year, according to a fire department repor...
Mar 28, 2019
Cannabis banking bill advances in US House committee
DENVER - Legislation that would provide federal protection for financial institutions that serve state-authorized marijuana and ancillary businesses passed a U.S. House committee on Thursday. The Hous...
Mar 28, 2019
Manitoba government to pull nurses ad that union says is demeaning to women
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is pulling a series of advertisements aimed at recruiting nurses after one of the images was criticized as being sexist and patronizing. The ads have been online sin...
Mar 28, 2019