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Charity founded by disgraced cyclist announces relaunch plan
AUSTIN, Texas - The cancer charity whose yellow wristbands became a global brand under founder Lance Armstrong is seeking to reinvent itself, years after donations and revenues crashed along with the ...
Feb 11, 2020
Ontario family gets ready to say goodbye to toddler found dead with father
THORNHILL, Ont. - The family of a four-year-old girl found dead alongside her father at the bottom of an escarpment west of Toronto says they will get a chance to view her body today. P...
Feb 11, 2020
NewsAlert: CN Rail threatens to close network over blockades
MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway Co. says it will be forced to close "significant" parts of its Canadian network unless blockades impeding its rail lines are removed. More to come. Com...
Feb 11, 2020
St. Teresa of Avila School shows support for The Mustard Seed
On Monday, students and staff at St. Teresa of Avila School joined together for the "Coldest Day of the Year" walk to raise awareness for homelessness and to support The Mustard Seed in Red Deer. This...
Feb 11, 2020 (Photo: Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools)
Alberta government to table 2020 budget on Feb. 27
Alberta's finance minister says the province's next budget will be tabled on Feb. 27, two days after the spring session opens with a throne speech. Travis Toews says the government consulted with more...
Feb 11, 2020 Finance Minister Travis Toews
Conservatives press Trudeau on alleged Chinese role in hack of Canadian data
OTTAWA - The Conservatives want to know what federal officials are doing about China's alleged involvement in the theft of data from thousands of Canadians. In a letter to Prime Mi...
Feb 11, 2020
Quebec knew about illegal Hasidic religious schools for decades, trial hears
MONTREAL - A witness has testified at a civil trial that the Quebec government knew for decades Hasidic Jewish children were not receiving a legal secular education. Maryse Ma...
Feb 11, 2020
Inquiry learns about gap in care for former soldier Lionel Desmond
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A nurse who assessed Lionel Desmond two months before the Afghanistan war veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 says his symptoms of post-traumatic stress di...
Feb 11, 2020
Entrances to B.C. legislature blocked as pipeline protests flare across Canada
VICTORIA - Hundreds of protesters blocked the entrances to the British Columbia legislature on Tuesday as demonstrations in support of Indigenous hereditary chiefs who oppose a pipeline project contin...
Feb 11, 2020
Ottawa Redblacks re-sign Brown, Evans ahead of CFL free agency deadline
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed linebacker Kevin Brown and defensive back Randall Evans to one-year extensions Tuesday. Both Americans were scheduled to become CFL free agents later Tue...
Feb 11, 2020