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Alberta minor hockey team criticized for Indigenous dance video forfeits season
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Parents of Fort McMurray minor hockey players whose team was criticized for an Indigenous locker-room dance captured in a viral video say they’re forfeiting the rest of th...
Feb 15, 2019
Innisfail bank robbery leads to arrest of two men with stolen truck
A report of a bank robbery this week in Innisfail led to a police chase and the arrest of two men possessing a stolen truck. It was at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday when Innisfail RCMP responded to a repo...
Feb 15, 2019
Fashion world descends on London for fashion week shows
London is taking its turn in the style spotlight with the opening of London Fashion Week, an extravaganza that will feature up-and-coming young designers along with big names like Victoria Beckham, Vi...
Feb 15, 2019
Main suspect in Sweden's royal jewels heist confesses
COPENHAGEN - The main suspect in the theft of royal funeral artifacts from a Swedish cathedral confessed Friday to stealing them after his DNA was found on the items that were pulled out last week fro...
Feb 15, 2019
Manitoba to look at connection between youth incarceration and child welfare
WINNIPEGOSIS, Man. - Manitoba is taking a hard look at youth justice and its connection to child welfare after a study found more than half of kids incarcerated had also been in care. Justice Minister...
Feb 15, 2019
MP Brosseau says she rejected Liberal overture because NDP is family
MONTREAL - Quebec New Democrat MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau says she rejected an overture from the Liberals and will run for the NDP in the next general election. In an interview with Le Nouvelliste newspap...
Feb 15, 2019
Statistics Canada says adults living with parents usually employed and single
OTTAWA - A Statistics Canada report is digging deeper into what kind of adults live with their parents at a time when more are doing so than ever before. Close to 1.9 million Canadians aged 25 to 64 l...
Feb 15, 2019
Ponoka Days at 2019 Canada Winter Games
As co-sponsors of the 2019 Canada Winter Games, the Town of Ponoka is partnering with the Ponoka Stampede Association to host 'Ponoka Days' at the Winter Games on Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23...
Feb 15, 2019
Liberals give BlackBerry $40M to support futuristic car development
OTTAWA - BlackBerry is getting $40 million in federal funding to help develop technologies that make cars safer, more connected to cyberspace and, eventually, capable of driving themselves. The compan...
Feb 15, 2019
Canadian rinks look to defend world junior curling titles at home
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - The Scotties Tournament of Hearts isn’t the only big curling event in Nova Scotia for the next week. The Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, N.S., will be hosting the world...
Feb 15, 2019