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3D-printed 'sex dolls' help Carleton biologist study turtle mating habits
OTTAWA - Using 3D-printed “sex dolls” a Carleton University researcher has answered a question biologists had been asking for years - what do northern map turtles find attractive in a fema...
May 16, 2018
British Columbia is just defending its interests on pipeline: Horgan
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - B.C. Premier John Horgan accused the federal government of unnecessarily putting taxpayers money at risk on Wednesday by offering financial protection for Kinder Morgan’s inve...
May 16, 2018
Independent candidate, ex-1st lady Zavala leaves Mexico race
MEXICO CITY - Mexican independent candidate and former first lady Margarita Zavala announced Wednesday she is dropping out of the country’s July 1 presidential race. Zavala had broken her longti...
May 16, 2018
Gymnastics coach arrested in Edmonton for alleged sex crimes in Montreal
MONTREAL - An Alberta-based gymnastics coach is facing sexual assault charges in Montreal dating back to the 1980s and early ’90s, Quebec provincial police said Wednesday. Michel Arsenault was a...
May 16, 2018
Saskatchewan seeks climate change funds, despite carbon tax objections
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has applied for millions of dollars in federal funding to help fight climate change, even though the province admits it’s ineligible because it has refused t...
May 16, 2018
B.C. to match funds for Red Cross flood donations as water levels rise
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - As more evacuation alerts are issued and river levels rise in British Columbia, Premier John Horgan announced Wednesday his government will match Canadian Red Cross donations for th...
May 16, 2018
Royal romances: A tolerant view of divorce marks new era
LONDON - Divorce has bedeviled Britain’s royal family for centuries. It has created problems not only when Prince Charles and Princess Diana ended their marriage in the most bitter fashion in 19...
May 16, 2018
New pressure on Newfoundland and Labrador to cover abortion pill
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador - the only province that does not provide at least partial coverage of the abortion pill - is under renewed pressure to do so. Medical students and p...
May 16, 2018
Liberal election campaign chair says Peladeau uses his media as political weapon
MONTREAL - Quebec media baron Pierre Karl Peladeau uses his platforms to influence politics in the province, says a well-known businessman who recently became president of the Liberal party’s el...
May 16, 2018
Abduction scare in Sylvan Lake a 'non-event,' according to RCMP
A Sylvan Lake mother is just thankful her daughter is safe after what she believes was an attempted abduction. Spencer Rose says she was inside her house just after 5 p.m. on Monday (May 14) while her...
May 16, 2018