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ASDC-Central Male Athlete of the Month: Jared Howse
A competitive distance runner from Red Deer has been named the Alberta Sport Development Centre-Central Male Athlete of the Month for October. Jared Howse is a 16-year-old grade 11 student at St. Jose...
Oct 31, 2018
Medical council reviewing practices after women say tampons were banned in exams
The Medical Council of Canada says it’s reviewing its practices after being criticized online for prohibiting women from bringing tampons or menstrual pads into exam rooms while writing multi-ho...
Oct 31, 2018
Statistics Canada's request for banking data prompts privacy investigation
OTTAWA - Federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says he is investigating Statistics Canada’s request for private banking information on 500,000 Canadians. Therrien said Wednesday that nume...
Oct 31, 2018
Union leaders say proposed pay equity legislation will close 'shameful' gap
OTTAWA - The new pay-equity law the federal Liberals are proposing should close Canada’s “shameful” gender gap and private-sector employers should follow the government’s examp...
Oct 31, 2018
Home of late music icon Aretha Franklin listed for sale
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - The suburban Detroit home of the late “Queen of Soul” is for sale. Aretha Franklin’s 4,148-square-foot (385-square-meter) brick Colonial-style house in B...
Oct 31, 2018
Catholic school board to hold by-election to replace Adriana LaGrange
Adriana LaGrange is resigning from the Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) Board of Trustees. LaGrange won the United Conservative Party nomination for Red Deer - North over the weekend and wil...
Oct 31, 2018
Montreal Impact lament missing playoffs, want more consistency in 2019
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact fought until the last day of the Major League Soccer regular season before missing out on a playoff berth. The players believe they can go further next season, so long a...
Oct 31, 2018
Raonic pulls out of Paris Masters match against Federer with elbow injury
PARIS - Canadian tennis player Milos Raonic has withdrawn from the Paris Masters with a right elbow injury. Raonic was scheduled to face Roger Federer in a second-round match on Wednesday. Instead, Fe...
Oct 31, 2018
Federal Liberals aim to add personal leave days as Ontario cuts them back
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government plans to give about 900,000 Canadian workers more paid personal-leave days, in a proposal that seems designed to goad the Ontario government into an argument over worke...
Oct 31, 2018
Son, daughter oppose father's election to Missouri House
LIBERTY, Mo. - The son and daughter of a Missouri House candidate are urging people not to vote for him because he regularly espouses racial and homophobic views and dislikes Jews and Muslims. Steve W...
Oct 31, 2018