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Ottawa offering $500M for projects aimed at cutting greenhouse gasses
VANCOUVER - Ottawa is offering $500 million to businesses, local governments and advocacy groups for new ideas on how to cut Canada’s carbon footprint. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna say...
Mar 14, 2018
Search continues for truck involved in fatal hit and run
Red Deer RCMP have obtained surveillance images of the truck that struck and killed a pedestrian in the 5200 block of 76 Street the night of March 11. Police continue to ask for public assistance to i...
Mar 14, 2018
2 in South Texas sentenced in grenade launcher smuggling
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Two people have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a conspiracy to buy and smuggle from Mexico into the U.S. a grenade launcher and three semi-automatic rif...
Mar 14, 2018
Lawmaker who nearly beat Cochran to run for his seat again
JACKSON, Miss. - An insurgent Mississippi Republican on Wednesday once again jumped into the race for a U.S. Senate seat he sought in 2014, catching flak anew from fellow party members even though the...
Mar 14, 2018
Louisiana elections chief won't quit amid harassment claims
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana’s top elections officer rejected calls from the governor and some state lawmakers for him to resign, and said Wednesday he will fight a lawsuit claiming he sexually ...
Mar 14, 2018
Canada's Hamelin says world short-track championships won't be his last
MONTREAL - The world short-track speed skating championships will be the last hurrah for the old guard of the Canadian team, with one exception - 33-year-old Charles Hamelin. Hamelin, the star of Cana...
Mar 14, 2018
B.C. Lions release Canadian defensive end Foley, American quarterback Gale
VANCOUVER - Canadian defensive end Ricky Foley, a three-time Grey Cup champion, was released Wednesday by the B.C. Lions. B.C. also cut quarterback Mitchell Gale. The six-foot-three, 243-pound Foley h...
Mar 14, 2018
Vancouver appears to be out as World Cup city after B.C. raises cost concerns
VICTORIA - It appears that Vancouver, which hosted the Women’s World Cup final in 2015, will not be part of the North American 2026 World Cup bid. The British Columbia government couldn’t ...
Mar 14, 2018
Saskatchewan Roughriders re-signed Canadian defensive lineman Steele
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders re-signed Canadian defensive lineman Eddie Steele to a one-year contract Wednesday. The six-foot-two, 280-pound Steele had 23 tackles and one sack in 18 regular-s...
Mar 14, 2018
Ontario man accused of defrauding eight Syrian refugee families: police
BURLINGTON, Ont. - A 49-year-old man from southern Ontario is facing multiple charges after allegedly defrauding Syrian refugees hoping to move to Canada of more than $200,000. Halton regional police ...
Mar 14, 2018