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Trudeau Liberals pledge $150M toward big-data cancer research initiative
OTTAWA - Months after first promising money to a cancer research network bearing Terry Fox's name, the federal health minister touted the spending at an event Thursday. The infusion $150 million ...
Jul 13, 2019
Controversial Chateau Laurier expansion not good enough, McKenna says
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna wants the owners of the iconic Chateau Laurier by Parliament Hill to come up with another plan for an addition to the historic hotel even after Ottawa's...
Jul 13, 2019
Victoria should have sought provincial approval before plastic bag ban: court
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top court has quashed a bylaw prohibiting single-use plastic bags in Victoria, saying the city failed to get the approval of the province's environment minister. The B.C....
Jul 13, 2019
IndyCar rookies Rosenqvist, Ferrucci looking to repeat past success in Toronto
TORONTO - IndyCar rookie Santino Ferrucci will be looking to repeat the success he found eight years ago when he raced on the Honda Indy Toronto track for the first time. He'll have to follow the rule...
Jul 13, 2019
Purl jam: Finland hosts heavy metal knitting championship
JOENSUU, Finland - Armed with needles and a yarn of wool, teams of avid knitters danced Thursday to the deafening sounds of drums beating and guitars slashing at the first-ever Heavy Metal Knitting Wo...
Jul 13, 2019
Trudeau stresses balancing economy, environment during brief Stampede visit
CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the only way to get projects like the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion built is by finding compromise between growing the economy and protecting the envir...
Jul 13, 2019
Local injured hockey players give back through charity event in Denver
A pair of local hockey players who suffered traumatic injuries in 2018 are giving back to others through the game they love.Ryan Vandervlis, injured in a campfire incident in summer 2018, and Graysen ...
Jul 13, 2019 Red Deer's Ryan Vandervlis (left) and Graysen Cameron of Olds recently took part in the Dawg Nation charity hockey tournament in Denver, Colorado. (Supplied)
Teuns wins Tour de France Stage 6, Ciccone takes race lead
CHAMPAGNEY, France - Two Tour de France rookies stole the show on the first mountain stage, with Dylan Teuns of Belgium winning Stage 6 and Giulio Ciccone of Italy taking the overall race lead on Thur...
Jul 13, 2019
Cases dropped, charges lowered as court-martial system remains in limbo
OTTAWA - Canadian military prosecutors and police have dropped several cases and are changing the way they lay charges as they wait for the Supreme Court to decide whether the military-justice system ...
Jul 13, 2019
Dozens injured aboard Air Canada flight after plane hits turbulence
MONTREAL - Thirty people were sent to hospital with injuries after an Air Canada flight travelling from Toronto to Sydney, Australia, hit severe turbulence and was forced to divert to H...
Jul 13, 2019