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NDP's Horwath top challenger to Tory leader Ford in Ontario election: poll
A new poll suggests the outcome of Ontario’s election will come down to which leader, rather than which party, can win voters’ confidence - with Andrea Horwath the top challenger to Doug F...
Apr 27, 2018
Ontario launches probe into jail leak about accused killer Alek Minassian
TORONTO - The Ontario government has launched an investigation into a leak from a Toronto jail related to a man accused of killing 10 people and injuring 16 others in a van attack earlier this week. T...
Apr 27, 2018
Selected oilsands projects may avoid new environmental assessment rules
OTTAWA - Oilsands projects that use steam to release bitumen from deep underground will likely get a pass from new federal environmental assessment rules - but Ottawa is still considering how to deal ...
Apr 27, 2018
Tweets about tragic events are a social media minefield, experts warn
TORONTO - Think before you post, social media experts say after an uproar emerged over messages that expressed sorrow over Toronto’s deadly van tragedy while also appearing to promote shoes and ...
Apr 27, 2018
M.I.T. Has Developed A System For Controlling Dreams
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [April 22-28th, 2018] A man is bitten by a trio of animals, wedding veils fly, a duck breaks the law, and M.I.T. has a way to control dreams. Fly...
Apr 27, 2018
Carl Tanzler And His Creepy Key West Love Story
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Carl Tanzler Carl Tanzler was a German immigrant working at a Key West, Florida, hospital in the early 1930s. It was there that he fell in love with a youn...
Apr 27, 2018
Former world champion Jose Aldo to fight at July UFC card in Calgary
CALGARY - Former world featherweight champion Jose Aldo of Brazil will take on American Jeremy (Lil’ Heathen) Stephens in the co-main event of a UFC card in Calgary on July 28. It’s the UF...
Apr 27, 2018
Koe advances to quarterfinals with 5-2 win over McEwen at Champions Cup
Calgary’s Kevin Koe is moving on to the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup after a 5-2 win over Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen on Friday. After back-and-forth action in the first four, Koe, who wa...
Apr 27, 2018
Chinook's Edge transportation deficit grows, hurting students
Chinook's Edge School Division continues to struggle with a massive transportation deficit. The board is currently dealing with an $820,000 hole, according to Superintendent Kurt Sacher. He says they ...
Apr 27, 2018
Young students show off video game making skills at RDC
The future is now as it relates to youth and what they're learning about how coding will shape the jobs of tomorrow. Five-hundred elementary school students from Red Deer Public and Chinook's Edge wer...
Apr 27, 2018