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Omaha zoo finds escaped parrot scared by Goodyear blimp
OMAHA, Neb. - A macaw that flew away from Omaha’s zoo after apparently being spooked by the Goodyear blimp has been found in a nearby neighbourhood. The Omaha World-Herald reports the macaw, nam...
Jun 25, 2018
Insults and rancour: Dems risk treading on Trump's home field
NEW YORK - Political rancour over immigration boiled over into increasingly personal insults Monday, as President Donald Trump took a harsh shot at a prominent congresswoman’s intellect and Demo...
Jun 25, 2018
Ponoka Stampede kicks off Tuesday
Tuesday marks the official kick-off to a central Alberta rodeo considered to be among the best in North America. The 82nd Annual Ponoka Stampede will feature seven days of pro rodeo performances and s...
Jun 25, 2018
Cory Joseph thrilled to finally play a meaningful basketball game at home
TORONTO - The last time Cory Joseph tugged on a Canadian team jersey, he had to fly halfway around the world to do it. Canada was playing in a last-gasp Olympic qualifying tournament in the Philippine...
Jun 25, 2018
Canada asks Japan to clarify adoption stand, grants visas to stranded families
VANCOUVER - The Canadian government says it is processing visas for families who were near the end of the adoption process in Japan after five of them were stranded for weeks in a bureaucratic impasse...
Jun 25, 2018
North end house fire deemed suspicious
RCMP are now handling the investigation into a house fire in north Red Deer over the weekend after fire investigators deemed it to be suspicious in nature. The fire at the 5300 Block of 76 Street brok...
Jun 25, 2018
Cultural respect identified as key for better cancer outcomes among Indigenous
VANCOUVER - Seeing a painting of two Indigenous women standing at the foot of a mountain and gazing at the moon instantly made Johnna Sparrow feel she was being supported as she dealt with breast canc...
Jun 25, 2018
A look at UN helicopter flights in Mali by Germans, Belgians
GAO, Mali - Canadian military helicopters will arrive in Mali next month to replace counterparts from Germany and Belgium who have been providing medical evacuations and other assistance to the UN ope...
Jun 25, 2018
Students with special needs increasingly asked to stay home from school:report
TORONTO - An education advocacy organization says students deemed to have special needs are increasingly being asked to stay home from school in Ontario rather than remain in class with their peers. T...
Jun 25, 2018
Mali vs. Afghanistan: comparing recent history with what lies ahead
GAO, Mali - Mali is not Afghanistan - at least not yet. Seven years after the end of Canada’s Afghan combat mission, Canadian military helicopters are taking flight again, this time in Africa, w...
Jun 25, 2018