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Finding his way: Transformed Prince Harry ready to marry
LONDON - It was a statement that confirmed Prince Harry’s burgeoning maturity and his iron determination to struggle for what he cherishes and believes in. Ready to fight for his right to lead a...
May 8, 2018
Drug supply firm execs say they didn't cause opioids crisis
WASHINGTON - Top executives of the nation’s leading wholesale drug distributors told Congress under oath Tuesday that their companies didn’t help cause the nation’s deadly opioid epi...
May 8, 2018
911 callers reported seeing military plane fall from sky
SAVANNAH, Ga. - In frantic calls to 911, witnesses reported a fiery tragedy that dropped suddenly from above: a military cargo plane, one of its engines apparently not working, crashing nose-first ont...
May 8, 2018
Mortgage rate increases at Big Six banks could trigger rise in qualifying rate
TORONTO - Canada’s Big Six banks have all increased their benchmark fixed-rate mortgage rate, a move analysts say could trigger a rise in the Bank of Canada’s qualifying mortgage rate as e...
May 8, 2018
Roughly 130 hay bales destroyed in blaze east of Innisfail
Fortunately no one was hurt following a blaze that destroyed 130 hay bales near Elnora Monday afternoon. According to Gary Leith, Manager of Fire and Protective Services for the Town of Innisfail, the...
May 8, 2018
Raptors clean out lockers after yet another playoff disappointment
TORONTO - Kyle Lowry called it a wasted season. DeMar DeRozan said it was the low point of his NBA career. The Toronto Raptors headed into a off-season of uncertainty Tuesday after suffering another e...
May 8, 2018
Families, survivors 'disrespected' by inquiry's woes, say Indigenous women
OTTAWA - A prominent Aboriginal women’s group is giving more dismal grades to Canada’s national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, saying it lacks transparency, focus and ...
May 8, 2018
Judge dismisses Sandy Hook parents' lawsuit over security
HARTFORD, Conn. - A Connecticut judge has cited government immunity in dismissing a lawsuit by the parents of two children killed in the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre against the town and...
May 8, 2018
La Presse seeking not-for-profit structure, pending Quebec legislation changes
Montreal-based La Presse news group plans to adopt a not-for-profit structure, if Quebec allows it to do so, the company announced Tuesday. The structural change requires the Quebec government to repe...
May 8, 2018
'A bear's best friend:' Alberta naturalist Charlie Russell dies at 76
An Alberta naturalist who lived with bears to learn that people are part of nature and not separate from it has died. Charlie Russell, who died Monday in hospital, was 76. “The bears of the worl...
May 8, 2018