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B.C.'s Horgan defends fight to both retain and restrict Alberta oil imports
YELLOWKNIFE - B.C. Premier John Horgan says he is fighting to both retain and restrict Alberta energy imports because while the existing shipments are vital to his province, the Trans Mountain pipelin...
May 23, 2018
No suitors emerge for pipeline project stake as Kinder Morgan deadline looms
CALGARY - With just over a week remaining until the May 31 deadline set for abandoning its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, no suitors have publicly emerged to step into builder Kinder Morgan Canada...
May 23, 2018
Trudeau hugs babies and gives kisses in La Malbaie, Que., ahead of G7 Summit
LA MALBAIE, Que. - Hundreds of locals from the small mountainous town that will soon host the annual G7 summit gathered Wednesday night to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who helped choose their r...
May 23, 2018
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NBA Playoffs Houston 95 Golden State 92 (Series tied 2-2) — AHL Playoffs Texas 3 Rockford 2 (OT) (Texas leads series 3-0) — MLB American League Toronto 5 L.A. Angels ...
May 22, 2018
Greatest female Everest climber wants to inspire other women
KATHMANDU, Nepal - The most successful female Everest climber said after finishing her ninth ascent of the world’s highest mountain that she wants to inspire all women so they too can achieve th...
May 22, 2018
Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85
NEW YORK - Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of “Portnoy’s Complaint” to the elegiac lyricism...
May 22, 2018
Robert Thomas scores winner as Bulldogs top Titan at Memorial Cup
REGINA - Hamilton Bulldogs captain Justin Lemcke is now a fan of the Swift Current Broncos, even if it’s just for one day. The Ontario Hockey League champion earned at least a berth in the Memor...
May 22, 2018
Fit for a Queen: The Bizarre Burial of Queen Victoria
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Queen Victoria's Burial It was a conversation with the poet Lord Tennyson that partly inspired the colors of her funeral. Frustrated that funerals were mou...
May 22, 2018
Skull Drum From The Mountains Of Tibet
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Skull Drum A relic of monastic rituals in the mountains of Tibet, this skull drum is made from the tops of human heads. Called a damaru, these double-heade...
May 22, 2018
School staff receive training for gun, knife attacks
Staff from Red Deer schools received training earlier this month on how to respond to potentially dangerous situations. They joined with Red Deer RCMP and Emergency Services at the former military bas...
May 22, 2018