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City releases campaign expenses from 2017 civic election
Dollar figures are now out from the 2017 municipal and school board elections showing how much each candidate spent on their campaign. Re-elected Mayor Tara Veer spent $10,515, whereas her opponent Se...
Apr 17, 2018
Guard VanVleet returns to Raptors lineup to face Washington Wizards
TORONTO - Backup guard Fred VanVleet is returning to the Toronto Raptors’ lineup. VanVleet will suit up Tuesday night in Game 2 when Toronto resumes its opening-round playoff series against the ...
Apr 17, 2018
Asian development bank will help lure infrastructure cash to Canada: president
OTTAWA - The head of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank says Canada’s new membership in his multinational organization will create opportunities for Canadian companies abroad and even offe...
Apr 17, 2018
Calgary man survives 30-metre-plus fall into glacier crevasse south of Jasper
JASPER, Alta. - A Calgary man has survived more than a 30-metre fall into a glacier crevasse in the Columbia Icefield area of Jasper National Park. Parks Canada says the 24-year-old was snowshoeing wi...
Apr 17, 2018
Despite Trudeau's progressive rhetoric, Canada not immune to populism: experts
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau might see his country as a beacon of hope in a roiling sea of polarization and angry nationalist sentiment, but Canada is far from immune, experts warn. Just as ...
Apr 17, 2018
North road out of Blackfalds closed up to two weeks
High water levels have forced the closure of the north road out of the town of Blackfalds. Range Road 272 (Broadway Avenue) is closed from Aspen Lakes Blvd. at the town’s north end to Township R...
Apr 17, 2018
Colorado communities launch lawsuit claiming Suncor climate change damages
CALGARY - Three Colorado communities have filed a lawsuit demanding that Calgary-based Suncor Energy Inc. and U.S. giant Exxon Mobil Corp. “pay their fair share” of costs associated with c...
Apr 17, 2018
Man charged with murder, arson after LA music studio fire
LOS ANGELES - A California man has been charged with murder, attempted murder and arson after a fatal fire at a music studio killed two people. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office ...
Apr 17, 2018
Defending Trump in Russia probe? It's hardly a dream job
WASHINGTON - Several prominent lawyers asked to help represent President Donald Trump in the last year have spurned the assignment at least partly out of concerns he wouldn’t pay his bills and d...
Apr 17, 2018
Russia denies 'feeble' US, UK charges of internet tampering
Russia denied accusations from the United States and Britain that its agents have planted malware on key components of the internet to spy on rivals, steal trade and potentially launch cyberattacks. A...
Apr 17, 2018