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Two workers killed in collision at Suncor oilsands mine near Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Suncor Energy Inc. says it is standing down mine operations at an oilsands site in northern Alberta following the deaths of two workers.Company spokeswoman Jennifer Lomas says a...
Dec 29, 2020
Blackhawks C Toews sidelined indefinitely by illness
Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will miss the start of training camp because of an illness, and there is no timetable for his return. The 32-year-old Toews said Tuesday he has been experienc...
Dec 29, 2020
Federal judge in Iowa ridicules Trump's pardons
IOWA CITY, Iowa - A federal judge in Iowa who has warned against political corruption is ridiculing President Trump's pardons, including those issued to convicted Republican campaign operatives and fo...
Dec 29, 2020
Statue of slave kneeling before Lincoln is removed in Boston
A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet - optics that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice - has been removed from its perch in downtow...
Dec 29, 2020
Inmate who survived execution attempt dies; COVID suspected
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio death row inmate who survived an attempt to execute him by lethal injection in 2009 died Monday of possible complications of COVID-19, the state prisons system said. At the ti...
Dec 29, 2020
Forward Devin Shore, defenceman Ryan Stanton sign pro tryout contracts with Oilers
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Devin Shore and defenceman Ryan Stanton to professional tryout agreements. The 26-year-old Shore had five goals and seven assists in 45 games last se...
Dec 29, 2020
Jeanne Lougheed, wife of former premier Peter Lougheed dies at 92
Jeanne Lougheed, wife of former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed, has passed away at the age of 92.Lougheed was born in Forestburg in 1928 and later lived in Camrose with her family before attending the...
Dec 29, 2020
RCMP investigating suspicious Lacombe County fires
Blackfalds RCMP are investigating a pair of suspicious fires that took place in Lacombe County last month. They happened on Nov. 4 at approximately 11:30 p.m. when Mounties say an unoccupied holiday t...
Dec 29, 2020
For Canada's Olympic and Paralympic teams, 2020 a year of conviction and frustration
When COVID-19 shut down the NCAA swimming season last March, Margaret Mac Neil packed up her car and drove home to London, Ont., from the University of Michigan. In the whirlwind days that followed, C...
Dec 29, 2020
Former N.L. prisoner wants guards held accountable in death of Indigenous inmate
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A former inmate of a Newfoundland and Labrador jail says it's outrageous that 10 guards accused in the death of an Indigenous man at the institution got to spend Christmas with thei...
Dec 29, 2020