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Anti-pipeline protesters released days before weeklong jail sentences end
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - Several pipeline protesters were released from a British Columbia jail on Sunday, a few days before their weeklong sentences were set to end. Seven protesters in all were sentenced...
Aug 19, 2018
Barrett gets 23 points, 11 assists as Duke routs McGill in Canadian tour finale
MONTREAL - R.J. Barrett didn’t disappoint in his third and final showing on Duke University’s exhibition tour of Canada. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., had 23 points and 11 assist...
Aug 19, 2018
Trudeau formally announces he'll run again in next year's election
MONTREAL - Justin Trudeau will run again in the 2019 federal election. The Liberal leader formally announced his nomination at a party event Sunday in his Montreal riding of Papineau. The partisan cro...
Aug 19, 2018
Nielsen bringing Calder Cup to Red Deer
Red Deer's Servus Arena will be the site of a special visitor this week. Officials with Red Deer Minor Hockey have revealed alumni Andrew Nielsen will be bringing the Calder Cup to the Servus Arena on...
Aug 19, 2018
Pee Wee AAA DQ Braves win bronze at National Western Championships
Red Deer's Pee Wee AAA DQ Braves baseball team has won a bronze medal at this year's 13U National Western Championships held in Brandon, Manitoba August 16 - 19. The achievement came after a 9-4 win o...
Aug 19, 2018
Happ gets slam help from Bird, Yankees beat Blue Jays 10-2
NEW YORK - In a lopsided win, this was not the kind of big hit the New York Yankees hoped to see. Didi Gregorius hurt his left heel in a collision at first base during a 10-2 romp over Toronto on Sund...
Aug 19, 2018
Sole survivor of 1992 Nova Scotia McDonald's murders dies at age 46
SYDNEY, N.S. - The sole survivor of the 1992 McDonald’s massacre in Sydney River, Nova Scotia, has died. Joan “Arleen” MacNeil died Wednesday at a hospital in Halifax at the age of 4...
Aug 19, 2018
Police: Man angry about loud music waves gun at school dance
THATCHER, Ariz. - A 72-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of waving a gun at a high school dance in Arizona because he didn’t like the loud music. Police in the small southeastern Arizo...
Aug 19, 2018
Protesters shout down right-wing group at Halifax-area event for second day
HALIFAX - Protesters in the Halifax area shouted down members of a Calgary-based organization with controversial views on immigration as police kept watch at an event Sunday afternoon. Five members of...
Aug 19, 2018
All eyes on Andrew Scheer as Conservative convention set for Halifax
OTTAWA - After a week of internal caucus squabbles, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will try to refocus the spotlight on trying to convince Canadians his party is a government-in-waiting. Party memb...
Aug 19, 2018