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50 years on, McDonald's and fast-food evolve around Big Mac
NEW YORK - McDonald’s is fighting to hold onto customers as the Big Mac turns 50, but it isn’t changing the makings of its most famous burger. The company is celebrating the 1968 national ...
Jul 30, 2018
Toronto council votes to oppose Ontario bill to cut number of councillors
Toronto city council voted Monday to express its opposition to a controversial bill that would cut the council nearly in half to the Ontario government. Council also voted to request that the provinci...
Jul 30, 2018
Quebec police investigating after Premier Philippe Couillard's boat sinks
SAINT-PRIME, Que. - Authorities are investigating after a fishing boat belonging to Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard sank while docked at a marina in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. Quebec provin...
Jul 30, 2018
US pending home sales rose 0.9 per cent in June
WASHINGTON - More Americans signed contracts to purchase homes in June compared to May, but the volume of pending sales has slipped over the past year. The National Association of Realtors said Monday...
Jul 30, 2018
Busy weekend for Edmonton and area firefighters
EDMONTON- Firefighters in and around Edmonton were kept busy in sweltering heat yesterday fighting fires that damaged or destroyed a number of homes. Two houses went up in flames and a third was damag...
Jul 30, 2018
Man shot and killed at Calgary motel
CALGARY- One person was killed in a shooting early Saturday morning at a motel in Calgary. Police say they arrived at the Town and Country Motor Hotel to find a wounded man who died later in hospital....
Jul 30, 2018
Forest fire in northeastern Ontario threatens stretch of Trans-Canada Highway
PARRY SOUND, Ont. - Crews battling massive fires in northwestern Ontario have been diverted to the heart of the province’s cottage country, where a smaller blaze that started more than a week ag...
Jul 30, 2018
Canadian Mike Pyke on what to watch for at an Aussie Rules Football game
SYDNEY, Australia - There’s a lot to see at an Aussie Rules Football game, with 36 players and nine umpires scattered on a giant grass oval. Canadian Mike Pyke, a former ruckman for the Sydney S...
Jul 30, 2018
A quick explainer on how to play the all-action game of Aussie Rules Football
SYDNEY, Australia - A quick explainer of Aussie Rules Football: - The average field is 165 metres long and 135 metres wide. - Each team dresses 22 players for a game, with 18 on the field at any one t...
Jul 30, 2018
Blackfalds RCMP investigate stolen bike, watches
BLACKFALDS- Local Mounties are looking to track down some valuable items stolen during a break and enter in Blackfalds over the weekend. On the morning of July 28th, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10...
Jul 30, 2018