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Veteran NHL forward Burrows retires after 13 seasons to take coaching job
OTTAWA - Alex Burrows is entering the coaching ranks after announcing his retirement from the NHL as a player on Friday. The 37-year-old has been named an assistant coach of the Laval Rocket of the Am...
Jul 6, 2018
54 deaths in Quebec attributed to heat as hot, humid weather subsides
MONTREAL - Quebec health officials say at least 54 people are now believed to have died from heat-related complications. The office of Public Health Minister Lucie Charlebois released the latest figur...
Jul 6, 2018
Olympic snowboarder, Humboldt first responders help kick off Stampede parade
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede kicked off under a blazing blue sky Friday with a parade through downtown Calgary, which set aside a special place of honour for emergency workers who responded to the H...
Jul 6, 2018
Weapons, drugs, cash seized in Red Deer, Sylvan Lake following year-long investigation
RED DEER- Police say a lengthy organized crime investigation in the Red Deer area has resulted in the seizure of five firearms and more than $250,000 worth of drugs and cash. Project Rails was a year-...
Jul 6, 2018
Patients 'leap out of bed' to see P.E.I. horse who visits palliative facility
CHARLOTTETOWN - It’s not unusual for patients at a P.E.I. palliative care facility to look out their windows and see a familiar horse staring back at them. Billy the Norwegian Fjord horse visits...
Jul 6, 2018
Quebec coroner says mandatory vehicle alert systems could prevent deaths in hot cars
MONTREAL - Two years after a baby died of heatstroke when he was forgotten in a car on a sweltering day, a Quebec coroner is calling for all vehicles sold in Canada to be equipped with an alert system...
Jul 6, 2018
Timeline of Lac-Megantic events on fifth anniversary of tragedy
LAC-MEGANTIC,, Que. - Friday marked the five-year anniversary of the Lac-Megantic train disaster in July 2013. Here is a timeline of key moments related to the the derailment: JULY 6, 2013: An unatten...
Jul 6, 2018
Idaho Relocated Beavers By Parachuting Them From Planes
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Chew on This I've thought long and hard about exactly how to say this delicately, but I haven't come up with anything, so I'm just going to say it. A gover...
Jul 6, 2018
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP: The 100 Year History Of Stuntworkers
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Kyle Weishaar is ready to jump out of a helicopter. The 34-year-old is more than 70 feet in the air, waiting for his cue, as he has been asked to hurl hims...
Jul 6, 2018
Wolfpack forward Ashton Sims part of blue-chip rugby league family
Toronto Wolfpack forward Ashton Sims will be up early July 11, watching younger brother Tariq step onto one of rugby league’s biggest stages. Tariq has been called up by the New South Wales Blue...
Jul 6, 2018