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Indigenous children still being treated unequally by provinces: advocate
WINNIPEG - A First Nations children’s advocate says Indigenous kids are still not being treated equally because provinces and territories are shirking their responsibilities. Cindy Blackstock, e...
Oct 03, 2018
Backstreet Boys cancel Oklahoma show where fans were hurt
THACKERVILLE, Okla. - The Backstreet Boys won’t be rescheduling an Oklahoma concert that was postponed after fans were hurt when a storm damaged the venue where the band was supposed to perform....
Oct 03, 2018
Jimmy Kimmel to open comedy club in Las Vegas in 2019
LAS VEGAS - Jimmy Kimmel will see a dream come true when he opens a comedy club next spring in Las Vegas where he will make regular appearances and give up-and-coming comics a chance to hone their tal...
Oct 03, 2018
Ontario to spend $90M to address overcrowding in hospitals during flu season
TORONTO - Ontario will spend $90 million this year to fund hundreds of hospital beds ahead of flu season, a measure the province’s health minister said will help address the issue of so-called h...
Oct 03, 2018
Peru court overturns pardon of ex-leader Fujimori
LIMA, Peru - Peru’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a medical pardon for former President Alberto Fujimori and ordered the strongman be returned to jail to serve out a long sentence for hu...
Oct 03, 2018
Emergency alert test sounds off on mobile phones nationwide
WASHINGTON - Electronic devices across the United States sounded off Wednesday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency conducted its first-ever national wireless emergency alert test. The tone went...
Oct 03, 2018
New AHS report calls for cardiac catheterization in Red Deer
RED DEER - Alberta Health Services has released two reports today on the state of healthcare in Red Deer and central Alberta, including a highly-anticipated report calling for a cardiac catheterizatio...
Oct 03, 2018
Montreal Canadiens veterans Karl Alzner, Tomas Plekanec won't play in opener
TORONTO - The Montreal Canadiens will make two long-serving NHLers healthy scratches for Wednesday night’s season opener in Toronto against the Maple Leafs. Defenceman Karl Alzner and centre Tom...
Oct 03, 2018
Marlies open season without last year's championship-winning goaltenders
TORONTO - Kasimir Kaskisuo believes he’s ready to be a starting goaltender in the American Hockey League. Justin Peters just wants a chance to keep his career afloat. Both could get their wish t...
Oct 03, 2018
Cancelled barge cuts off Arctic hamlets, leaves crucial supplies stranded
A massive outflow of heavy sea ice from the High Arctic has cut three communities off from their annual resupply barge shipment leaving household groceries, construction materials and municipal equipm...
Oct 03, 2018