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A quick look at Calgary's proposed plan for a 2026 Winter Games bid
CALGARY - A quick look at the draft hosting plan presented to Calgary city council Tuesday by Calgary 2026 on a possible bid for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games: Total cost: $5.23 billion...
Sep 11, 2018
Emotional car auction raises money for family of Red Deer couple killed in motorcycle crash
The generosity of car lovers made for an incredibly heartwarming moment in Red Deer this past weekend. Brent and Nicole Keryluke were killed on May 5 of this year after the motorcycle they were riding...
Sep 11, 2018
Take 2 for Washington state: Carbon fee on fall ballot
SEATTLE - Voters in Washington state will be asked this fall to do what state and federal leaders have been reluctant to: charge a direct fee on carbon pollution to fight climate change. If the ballot...
Sep 11, 2018
Proposal to create whale sanctuary in S Atlantic defeated
FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil - A proposal to create a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic was defeated Tuesday at a meeting in Brazil of the International Whaling Commission, amid a clash between countries...
Sep 11, 2018
Agency seeks anti-lock brakes on all new US road motorcycles
DETROIT - A federal safety agency is recommending that all new motorcycles built for road use in the U.S. have anti-lock brakes and electronic stability control as standard equipment. The National Tra...
Sep 11, 2018
Work underway to release fuel trapped in barge at Haida Gwaii
QUEEN CHARLOTTE, B.C. - The Canadian Coast Guard says crews are working carefully to release gas that accumulated inside a barge carrying a fishing lodge that beached after it broke away from its anch...
Sep 11, 2018
Canadian government, airlines issue travel advisories because of storms
TORONTO - The Canadian government and several airlines have issued travel advisories because of hurricanes and tropical storms churning towards the U.S. east coast, Caribbean and Hawaii. Ottawa urged ...
Sep 11, 2018
MGM offers donation if legal notices accepted
LAS VEGAS - An unprecedented legal move by MGM Resorts International to sue surviving victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting took another unusual turn Tuesday when the casino-operator offered to make ...
Sep 11, 2018
Peru court gives ex-rebel leader life sentence for car bomb
LIMA, Peru - A Peruvian court convicted and gave a second life sentence to imprisoned Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman on Tuesday for a 1992 car bombing in the capital that killed 25 people and inju...
Sep 11, 2018
Voter cynicism reigns in Quebec's Lanaudiere region ahead of October election
JOLIETTE, Que. - Just north of Montreal, between the St. Lawrence River and the Laurentian Mountains, is a Quebec nationalist heartland where cynicism about politics reigns and labour shortages are be...
Sep 11, 2018