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Calgary bike shop aims to make cycling more inclusive for all gender identities
CALGARY - Mike Hooves was turning a wrench on a bike when a man came over, said “let me help you” and grabbed the tool. Hooves, who identifies as a non-binary femme, knew the man meant wel...
May 21, 2018
'So grateful:' Injured Bronco hockey player glad he's alive, works on recovery
CALGARY - Ryan Straschnitzki is involved in the toughest game of his life. Seven weeks after being paralyzed from the chest down when a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team crashed, he...
May 21, 2018
Ex-coal exec chases US Senate seat despite GOP primary loss
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Despite losing the Republican primary in a distant third place, convicted ex-coal baron Don Blankenship announced Monday that he will continue his bid for U.S. Senate as a third-pa...
May 21, 2018
Experts concerned about global rise of facial recognition technology
TORONTO - Based on recent announcements by the likes of Facebook, Live Nation and a U.K. police force, Canadians may need to get used to the idea of facial recognition technology permeating their ever...
May 21, 2018
The growing impatience of an industry town: 'This has really created tension'
PICTOU, N.S. - The picturesque harbour town of Pictou, N.S., has had an uneasy relationship with its job-rich, toxin-spewing neighbour almost since it opened in 1967. Now, the Northern Pulp mill is fa...
May 21, 2018
UK government does not intend to block Comcast-Sky deal
LONDON - Britain’s government says it does not intend to refer U.S. media conglomerate Comcast’s22 billion pound ($30.7 billion) takeover offer for London-based Sky to competition authorit...
May 21, 2018
French stars Bardot, Marceau campaign for animal welfare
PARIS - Actresses Brigitte Bardot and Sophie Marceau are leading French campaigns for mandatory cameras in slaughterhouses and a ban on the sale of eggs from caged hens. The debate on a farming and fo...
May 21, 2018
Developer pushes back construction of Nova Scotia rocket launch site
HALIFAX - The start date for the construction of Canada’s only commercial spaceport has been pushed back, a developer said following meetings at the proposed rocket launch site near a small fish...
May 21, 2018
Oregon's flooded recreational pot market a cautionary tale: economists
VANCOUVER - As marijuana farmers in Oregon say a flood of supply is killing their businesses less than three years after recreational cannabis was legalized, economists say it’s a warning to Can...
May 21, 2018
2 men arrested 30 years after German teen death in N Ireland
LONDON - Police in Northern Ireland have arrested two men in the death of a German backpacker 30 years ago, after much-publicized appeals on the anniversary of the teenager’s death yielded a bre...
May 21, 2018