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Family, friends of teen who killed himself lobby hockey league to honour boy
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - It has been a painful few months for Saskatchewan hockey dad Neil Lascelle as he tries to deal with the suicide of his 15-year-old son. The North Battleford man lost Ashley i...
Apr 3, 2018
39-year-old man killed in crash near Drumheller
DRUMHELLER- A 39-year-old man is dead following a two-vehicle crash near Drumheller. Emergency crews were called at about 7:15 p.m. on March 29 to the crash on Highway 9 East, about five kilometres ea...
Apr 3, 2018
Nobel winner Suu Kyi not above reproach in Rohingya abuse investigations: Rae
OTTAWA - No Myanmar politician, including Nobel laureate and honorary Canadian citizen Aung San Suu Kyi, is above a potential investigation by the International Criminal Court of possible war crimes, ...
Apr 3, 2018
Race triathlon, see the world. Manitoba's Mislawchuk always on the move
GOLD COAST, Australia - At the age of 20, Tyler Mislawchuk counted the number of countries that triathlon had taken him to and came up with close to 20. Three years later, the Manitoba native has adde...
Apr 3, 2018
50 years after King's death, his children are still grieving
ATLANTA - On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its patriarch when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis. Yolanda, Martin, Dexter and Bernice King lost their father. The...
Apr 3, 2018
Dwayne Johnson discusses depression, mom's suicide attempt
NEW YORK - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson says “depression never discriminates.” The actor in an interview with the Sunday Express talks about his struggles with depression and his ...
Apr 3, 2018
EPA chief's job not assured after Trump's praise - and ire
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump offered a measured gesture of support for the embattled head of the Environmental Protect Agency on Tuesday but those words of encouragement for Scott Pruitt also c...
Apr 3, 2018
Pregnant woman not allowed to board Disney cruise ship
MIAMI - Disney Cruise Lines prevented a Missouri woman from boarding one of its ships because she is 25 weeks pregnant. Emily Jackson and her family arrived in Miami last week after her doctor had cle...
Apr 3, 2018
Leduc RCMP make arrest following arson at local hospital
LEDUC- RCMP have a woman in custody following an investigation into a deliberately set fire on March 29. Just before 5 a.m., Leduc Fire and RCMP were called to the Leduc Hospital as a result of a susp...
Apr 3, 2018
Flu deaths in Alberta climb to 86
EDMONTON- Alberta Health Services says the death toll from lab-confirmed influenza in the province so far this season has reached 86. AHS says there have been 30 deaths in Calgary, 20 in the Edmonton ...
Apr 3, 2018