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Jury convicts ex-Assembly leader in public corruption trial
NEW YORK - A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74-year-old Democrat’s second attempt to avoid years in prison after ...
May 11, 2018
Missouri Democrats oust lawmaker from caucus over radio show
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Democrats in the Missouri House have expelled a St. Louis County lawmaker from their caucus because of calls he made to a radio program whose host frequently makes racist and oth...
May 11, 2018
A look at the Jets and Golden Knights ahead of the Western Conference final
A Western Conference final featuring the Winnipeg Jets and the expansion Vegas Golden Knights isn’t quite what the experts predicted at the start of training camp, but both teams are full value ...
May 11, 2018
Red Deer man charged in Alix armed robbery
A Red Deer man is accused in connection an armed robbery in Alix and a break and enter and stolen vehicle incident in Stettler last November. Matthew Duda, 30, is charged with robbery, assault with a ...
May 11, 2018
The desert versus the Great White North: A look at Las Vegas and Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets are facing the Vegas Golden Knights in the National Hockey League’s Western Conference final. When it comes to NHL cities, you can’t get much different than Wi...
May 11, 2018
Hot weather could cause more flood woes in parts of B.C. as damage assessed
VANCOUVER - An emergency operations official in southern British Columbia says a forecast of warm weather has residents bracing for the possibility of more flooding from melting snow while at least on...
May 11, 2018
Playoff hockey fever in Winnipeg bigger than glory days 40 years ago: alumni
Winnipeg was already in the grip of playoff fever. Now, with the National Hockey League Jets advancing to the Western Conference final - further than they have even been in the NHL - the frenzy has ju...
May 11, 2018
Shapovalov downs Edmund in three sets, advances to semis at Madrid Open
MADRID - Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov is through to the semifinals of the Madrid Open after winning the latest round of his budding rivalry with Kyle Edmund. The 19-year-old Shapovalov recovered...
May 11, 2018
Red Deer RCMP cleared by ASIRT in March 2017 incident
Red Deer Mounties have been cleared by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team of any wrongdoing during an arrest in March 2017. On March 13, 2017, RCMP received a call about a dispute between room...
May 11, 2018
Inmate behind bars for Fraud dies at Drumheller Institution
Correctional Service Canada says an inmate at Drumheller Institution has died. Gary Richard Walker died on May 10 from apparent natural causes following an illness. He was 72 and serving a three year ...
May 11, 2018