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A look at the victims of the Humboldt team bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Fifteen people were killed and 14 others injured in a horrific crash involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. Here is what we know so far about those who died: --- Tyler Bieber: B...
Apr 9, 2018
Saskatchewan junior hockey teams get mental health fund after Broncos crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Saskatchewan hockey officials have announced an assistance program for players and their families following a bus crash that killed 15 people. The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League s...
Apr 9, 2018
Provinces, territories agree to billions in spending on Liberal housing strategy
OTTAWA - Provinces and territories have agreed to fund a key financial pillar supporting the Trudeau Liberals’ decade-long housing strategy, vowing to spend billions to repair and build social h...
Apr 9, 2018
Montreal subway line to be extended by five stations by 2026
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard and Mayor Valerie Plante announced Monday a $3.9-billion five-station extension of one of Montreal’s subway lines. Con...
Apr 9, 2018
'We believed our authorities my son was dead,' American dad recalls of ID mix-up
TORONTO - The brutal misidentification of two young hockey players involved in the horrific bus crash in Saskatchewan resonates loudly with one father in California, who thought he had buried his son ...
Apr 9, 2018
40 illnesses reported as B.C. officials warn of norovirus outbreak
VANCOUVER - Health officials in British Columbia have closed two oyster farms amid an investigation into another outbreak of norovirus linked to the consumption of raw oysters. The BC Centre for Disea...
Apr 9, 2018
Mother heading to India to watch movie inspired by her son's last Christmas
A Canadian mother will be heading to India to watch the premiere of a film inspired by the story of her seven-year-old son, who got to celebrate Christmas in October before he died of a terminal illne...
Apr 9, 2018
Second home in Mirror destroyed by fire in less than a month
Investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that destroyed a home in Mirror early Sunday morning. Lacombe County Fire Chief Drayton Bussiere says they received the call around 3:10 a.m. and upo...
Apr 9, 2018
Republican Governors Association books $5M for Walker ads
MADISON, Wis. - The Republican Governors Association said Monday it has booked $5.1 million in television ad buys for the fall in Wisconsin as Gov. Scott Walker warned on conservative talk radio that ...
Apr 9, 2018
Gradual deployment of US troops to Mexico border underway
ROMA, Texas - The deployment of National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border at President Donald Trump’s request was underway Tuesday with a gradual ramp-up of troops under orders to help cu...
Apr 9, 2018