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French firm Dassault pulls out of fighter-jet competition: Sources
OTTAWA - The long effort to replace Canada’s aging fighter jets took another surprise twist on Tuesday, as multiple sources revealed that French fighter-jet maker Dassault is pulling out of the ...
Nov 06, 2018
Parliament to unveil plaque for MP and WW1 veteran who died by suicide
OTTAWA - Lt.-Col. Samuel Sharpe is poised to finally return to the foyer outside the House of Commons, more than a century after the former member of Parliament and First World War veteran returned tr...
Nov 06, 2018
2019 Canada Winter Games launch teaching resource
The 2019 Canada Winter Games has launched the "Canada Games Catch the Spirit Program," a free, national teaching resource for educators. Catch the Spirit engages students from Kindergarten to Grade 8 ...
Nov 06, 2018
2019 Games hosting free pancake breakfast
Join the 2019 Canada Winter Games and Bronze Sponsor Kipp Scott GMC Cadillac Buick on Saturday, November 10, from 8 until 10 a.m. for a free pancake breakfast at Kipp Scott GMC Cadillac Buick (6841 50...
Nov 06, 2018
Quebec deer disease means popular Rudolph stand-ins sidelined for now
MONTREAL - Quebec’s efforts to control a deadly deer disease may end up depriving the province of a couple of popular Rudolph stand-ins this holiday season. The province has been grappling with ...
Nov 06, 2018
2 convicted of homophobic attack that killed German musician
BERLIN - A court in Berlin has convicted two men of killing a German pop musician in an apparent homophobic attack. A regional court in the German capital on Tuesday found the Polish defendants guilty...
Nov 06, 2018
Former CFL running back ordered to appear in person on voyeurism charges
CALGARY - A judge has ordered former CFL running back Jerome Messam to make a personal appearance in court next week on a charge of voyeurism. “This is the 7th appearance so that’ll be the...
Nov 06, 2018
Verdict Thursday for work camp cook who killed Red Deer woman, other man
GRANDE PRAIRIE – A verdict will be handed down Thursday morning in Grande Prairie Court of Queen’s Bench at the Daniel Goodridge trial. Final summations were heard Tuesday morning. Goodrid...
Nov 06, 2018
MP Nicola Di Iorio says he will resign in January after finalizing 'projects'
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio says he’s resigning his seat on Jan. 22 after weeks of speculation around whether he would ever return to work. The Montreal MP has not been seen in Ottawa si...
Nov 06, 2018
Life Among The Little People Of Dwarf Empire
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Sitting just outside Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province in southwestern China, the Kingdom of the Little People (a.k.a. Dwarf Empire) remains a contro...
Nov 06, 2018