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Man and child dead, two injured after Halifax-area house fire: police
LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. - A man and a child are dead and two others are injured after an early-morning house fire in the Halifax area, police said on Saturday. Police said a 58-year-old man and 11-year-...
Mar 03, 2018
Korda shoots 65 for 1-stroke lead at Singapore, Henderson also shoots 65
SINGAPORE - Florida teenager Nelly Korda shot a third-round 7-under 65 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead at the LPGA Tour’s Women’s World Championship after Danielle Kang made her first b...
Mar 03, 2018
Momentum growing in effort to get Willie O'Ree into Hockey Hall of Fame
FREDERICTON - There’s growing momentum in a push by friends and fans of Willie O’Ree to have the groundbreaking hockey player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In January, ceremonies ...
Mar 03, 2018
Nav Canada says not enough air traffic controllers are women, minorities
MONTREAL - Assil Bedewi loves the complex task of directing the movements of the dozens of aircraft that criss-cross her screen as they take off or come in for landing. As an air traffic controller fo...
Mar 03, 2018
Momentum growing in effort to get Willie O'Ree into Hockey Hall of Fame
FREDERICTON - There’s growing momentum in a push by friends and fans of Willie O’Ree to have the groundbreaking hockey player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In January, ceremonies ...
Mar 03, 2018
5 Things to Know about the Italian election.
ROME - An election in Italy on Sunday will determine the makeup of the nation’s Parliament and its next government. The balloting also should indicate if Italian voters, like those elsewhere in ...
Mar 03, 2018
Former Red Deer teacher brings galactic story to students
A former Red Deer teacher is celebrating a noteworthy achievement this week by reconnecting with students. Robin Pawlak taught in Red Deer for more than 30 years, 14 of them at Gateway Christian Schoo...
Mar 03, 2018
Trump's tariff talk provokes rarely seen urgency among GOP
WASHINGTON - Republicans in Congress have learned to ignore President Donald Trump’s policy whims, knowing whatever he says one day on guns, immigration or other complicated issues could very we...
Mar 03, 2018
High winds expected to diminish as Nor'easter moves offshore
BOSTON - A fierce nor’easter that flooded streets, snapped trees in pieces and knocked out power to more than 1.8 million homes and businesses continued to lash the Atlantic coast, but the winds...
Mar 03, 2018
On guns, companies are getting out ahead of the politicians
NEW YORK - In 1960, black students staged sit-ins that forced Woolworth’s to desegregate its lunch counters, and other stores and restaurants followed suit. In 1986, General Motors, Coca-Cola an...
Mar 03, 2018