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Humboldt Broncos will continue to accept donations after GoFundMe closes
The GoFundMe page dedicated to the Humboldt Broncos, believed to be the largest of its kind in Canadian history, will remain open for two more days before being transferred to a newly created memorial...
Apr 16, 2018
Humboldt Broncos hockey player Evan Thomas remembered in Saskatoon
SASKATOON - Evan Thomas ate Fruit Loops for breakfast, went to the rink for a skate, then had a nap before boarding the Humboldt Broncos bus for a playoff game. During the April 6 highway drive to Nip...
Apr 16, 2018
Trump puts forward 2 more nominees for Fed board
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has selected Columbia University professor Richard Clarida to be vice chairman of the Federal Reserve and Kansas bank commissioner Michelle Bowman to fill another v...
Apr 16, 2018
Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in death of Indigenous man guilty of gun charge
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in the fatal shooting of a young Indigenous man is giving up his guns and has been ordered to pay a $3,000 fine after pleading guilty to unsaf...
Apr 16, 2018
Local football players selected for high school all-star game
Seven high school football players from central Alberta are among 42 selected to play in the 29th Annual Senior Bowl High School Football All-Star Game at Foote Field in Edmonton next month. The playe...
Apr 16, 2018
Rohingya, Venezuela added to Canada's G7 international security agenda
OTTAWA - Canada is expanding the focus of the upcoming G7 foreign ministers meeting to include the plight of Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh and the democratic backslide in Venezuela. ...
Apr 16, 2018
Times, New Yorker win Pulitzer for Weinstein scandal
NEW YORK - The New York Times and The New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for breaking the Harvey Weinstein scandal with reporting that galvanized the #MeToo movement and set o...
Apr 16, 2018
Man said Hooters sign fell on his foot; video said otherwise
MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. - A Florida man said the letter “o” from a Hooters sign blew off the wall and landed on his foot, leaving him with injuries, but surveillance video said otherwise. WFLA...
Apr 16, 2018
House of Commons hears tributes, moment of silence for Humboldt Broncos
OTTAWA - MPs donned hockey sweaters, bowed their heads in a moment of silence and spoke of their collective grief Monday as they gathered in the House of Commons for the first time since the deadly bu...
Apr 16, 2018
'Leads to a mismatch:' Climate change may be putting natural world out of synch
Mother Nature is losing her timing. A major study has concluded that the delicately choreographed interactions between species that keep food webs functioning are more and more out of synch. And while...
Apr 16, 2018