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Advocates say Canada needs national pain strategy to provide care, lower costs
VANCOUVER - When Jeanine McDonald heard a pop in her low back as she bent down to pick up a lid from a box, she had no idea she’d ruptured a disc and would wait three months for surgery. Then a ...
Mar 19, 2018
Three arrested after threats force lockdown of some New Brunswick schools
BATHURST, N.B. - Police say three youths have been arrested in Bathurst, after a threat involving schools in the northern New Brunswick city was posted on social media. The alleged threat prompted a l...
Mar 19, 2018
Man pleads not guilty to damaging 'Field of Dreams' site
DUBUQUE, Iowa - A 20-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he drove onto and damaged the Iowa baseball field made famous by the 1989 “Field of Dreams” movie. The Telegraph He...
Mar 19, 2018
The Globe and Mail leads 2017 National Newspaper Award nominations
TORONTO - The Globe and Mail has received the most nominations for the 2017 National Newspaper Awards, with 18 entries on the list of finalists. The Toronto Star was next with 12 nominations while Mon...
Mar 19, 2018
National Impaired Driving Prevention Week starts Monday
Drayton Valley RCMP will be focusing on the issue of impaired driving this week in support of National Impaired Driving Prevention Week. The detachment will be joining others across the province in do...
Mar 19, 2018
Facebook whistleblower pushed data-mining boundaries in Canada: source
OTTAWA - A Canadian data expert who set off an international uproar over the alleged leak of private Facebook user data lost his job years ago in the office of former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff,...
Mar 19, 2018
Fifth Harmony going on 'hiatus,' members to go solo
NEW YORK - Fifth Harmony is going on “hiatus.” The girl group announced Monday on Twitter that Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, Dinah Jane and Lauren Jauregui will pursue “solo endeavour...
Mar 19, 2018
Uber self-driving vehicle hits, kills pedestrian in Arizona; Company stops tests
TEMPE, Ariz. - Uber says it has suspended all of its self-driving vehicle testing, including operations in Toronto, following a fatal pedestrian collision involving a vehicle in Arizona. In addition t...
Mar 19, 2018
Drayton Valley man facing charges after leaving infant in car
A Drayton Valley man is facing a child abandonment charge after leaving his baby in a vehicle while he visited a Calmar bar. On March 16 just after 10:30 p.m., Leduc RCMP were called to a complaint of...
Mar 19, 2018
Judge moves Cosby jury selection to April 2, nixes big delay
PHILADELPHIA - A judge is pushing back the start of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial just a few days after rejecting his lawyers’ demands for a three-month delay. Judge Steven O’N...
Mar 19, 2018