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Scrubb Bros. happy to fly halfway around world to play for Canada
TORONTO - It was the middle of the night in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Phil Scrubb had arrived home from a game. It’d been a good night for the former Carleton Ravens star guard - 16 points and...
Nov 27, 2018
Austrian Christine Scheyer fastest in first training run at Lake Louise
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Austria’s Christine Scheyer won the first women’s downhill training run at the Lake Louise World Cup stop on Tuesday. Scheyer, who has one career World Cup podium appe...
Nov 27, 2018
Morneau vows oilpatch support through Trans Mountain as protesters chant outside
CALGARY - Hundreds of protesters chanting “Build that pipe now” jammed a downtown Calgary street for the second time in five days on Tuesday, this time to mark a speech by federal Finance ...
Nov 27, 2018
Conviction quashed for Manitoba man who spent 23 years behind bars
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba man who spent 23 years in prison for first-degree murder had his conviction quashed by the province’s Court of Appeal Tuesday. A panel of three judges ruled that Frank Ostr...
Nov 27, 2018
Conviction quashed for Manitoba man who spent 23 years behind bars
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba man who spent 23 years in prison for first-degree murder had his conviction quashed by the province’s Court of Appeal Tuesday. A panel of three judges ruled that Frank Ostr...
Nov 27, 2018
How an extra EI benefits program from 2016 could affect how feds help GM workers
OTTAWA - The federal government finds itself being asked to consider extra employment insurance benefits to help cushion the blow for workers at the General Motors plant in Oshawa, Ont., that GM plans...
Nov 27, 2018
New tax credit could pay for two months access to online news sites
OTTAWA - A tax credit Ottawa is promising to encourage more Canadians to pay for online news will roughly cover two months of a digital subscription fee. The tax credit is one of three components of a...
Nov 27, 2018
Goodale hints prison needle programs could be changed
OTTAWA - Prison needle-exchange programs that guards say will endanger their health and safety could get another look with an eye to changes, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale signalled Tuesday. Th...
Nov 27, 2018
Expanded fieldhouse, running track announced for MEGlobal Athletic Park
A $4 million expansion project has been announced for MEGlobal Athletic Park in Lacombe. Officials shared Tuesday morning that the existing fieldhouse at the multi-sport facility will be doubled in si...
Nov 27, 2018
Expanded fieldhouse, running track announced for MEGlobal Athletic Park
A $4 million expansion project has been announced for MEGlobal Athletic Park in Lacombe. Officials shared Tuesday morning that the existing fieldhouse at the multi-sport facility will be doubled in si...
Nov 27, 2018