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One year ago, almost to the day I stood outside in frigid temperatures as the United We Roll convoy left Red Deer for Ottawa to deliver its message in support of the oil and gas industry on Parliament...
Feb 18, 2020
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Elton John cancelled his two remaining New Zealand shows late Tuesday as he continued to suffer from a bout of pneumonia. The shows have been rescheduled for next year. Earli...
Feb 18, 2020
WASHINGTON - Comedians are making their return to the White House Correspondents' Dinner after last year's hiatus. Kenan Thompson of "Saturday Night Live" and Hasan Minhaj of Netflix's "Patriot Act wi...
Feb 18, 2020
EASTHAM, Mass. - The notorious crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger terrorized Boston from the 1970s into the 1990s with a campaign of murder, extortion, and drug trafficking, then spent 16 years on the l...
Feb 18, 2020
SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security said waivin...
Feb 18, 2020
Thirty per cent.That's how much auto insurance rates skyrocketed by for some Albertans at the end of this year, after Premier Jason Kenney and the UCP removed the five per cent cap on rate increases t...
Feb 18, 2020
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have added a scoring winger to their lineup on the same day they announced Micheal Ferland is done for the season and that Brock Boeser will be sidelined for at least...
Feb 18, 2020
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - An exchange between Chelsea Carey's coach and father Dan and an umpire at the Canadian women's curling championship became tense Monday when he told the official to "shut up." Carey...
Feb 18, 2020
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - If Kerry Galusha is skipping Northwest Territories at the Canadian women's curling championship for the last time, it's an uncomfortable swan song. Her 13th year call...
Feb 18, 2020
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Cavan Biggio has never really believed in the idea of a sophomore slump. The Blue Jays' 24-year-old second baseman is too busy preparing for his second major league seas...
Feb 18, 2020