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Rebels fall 4-1 in Vancouver as B.C. road trip continues
After falling Tuesday night to the Victoria Royals, the Red Deer Rebels hopped on the ferry and made their way back to the B.C. mainland where they hope to redeem themselves versus the Vancouver Giant...
Feb 13, 2020
TSB finds defect in beacon on helicopter that crashed in Quebec, killing two
MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is suggesting periodic inspections of emergency locator transmitters after finding a defect in the one aboard a helicopter that crashed in Que...
Feb 13, 2020
Federal NDP seeks provincial support for national pharmacare plan
OTTAWA - The New Democrats are asking the provinces to support their promised universal pharmacare legislation, hoping to win premiers over by calling on Ottawa to increase federal health tr...
Feb 13, 2020
Supreme Court won't hear appeals of Calgary couple convicted in son's death
OTTAWA- The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeals of a Calgary couple found guilty of killing their diabetic teenage son.Emil and Rodica Radita were convicted of first-degree murder in 201...
Feb 13, 2020 Alexandru Radita
McLaren Racing headlines Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame induction
TORONTO - Racing legend Johnny Rutherford believes it was only a matter of time before McLaren Racing would be honoured by the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame. Since coming to life in 1966,...
Feb 13, 2020
Three arrested after Innisfail RCMP locate stolen vehicles
INNISFAIL- Three people face a list of charges after Mounties in Innisfail recovered several stolen vehicles. On February 12 at approximately 12:40 a.m., RCMP received a call from a concerned citizen ...
Feb 13, 2020
US open jobs fall sharply for 2nd straight month
WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses sharply cut the number of jobs they advertised in December for the second straight month, an unusual sign of weakness in an otherwise healthy job market. The number of ava...
Feb 13, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural-gas pipeline project in British Columbia: --- Demonstrators in Victoria are promising to shut down all provincial government offic...
Feb 13, 2020
Lionel Desmond not thought to pose imminent threat health official tells inquiry
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A psychotherapist who talked to Lionel Desmond a few hours before he killed his family and himself says she didn't think the former soldier posed an imminent threat to hi...
Feb 13, 2020
Budget watchdog slashes economic growth projections, blames temporary factors
OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog says economic growth during the final quarter of 2019 will be "significantly weaker" than predicted in its fall report. In its latest report on near-term growth, the ...
Feb 13, 2020