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Canucks trade 2020 draft pick to Rangers for goalie depth
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have addressed their goaltending shortage in a trade with the New York Rangers. The Canucks dealt a seventh-round pick in the 2020 draft to the Rangers on Tuesday in ...
Feb 12, 2019

Man rescued from North Saskatchewan River in Rocky Mountain House
Rocky Mountain House RCMP are reminding citizens to stay off the ice and avoid open water areas after an early morning rescue on the North Saskatchewan River in Rocky Mountain House. Mounties say they...
Feb 12, 2019
UofT researcher honoured for discovering ancient queen through books alone
TORONTO - The University of Toronto is honouring one of its researchers who discovered a long-lost Mesopotamian queen using books alone. Tracy L. Spurrier, a PhD candidate in the department of Near an...
Feb 12, 2019

Call me by my new name: Balkan nation is North Macedonia now
Enter North Macedonia. The small Balkan country of Macedonia officially changed its name Tuesday by adding a geographic designation that ends a decades-old dispute with neighbouring Greece and secures...
Feb 12, 2019
Volunteer discovers $4,000 inside donated book in Phoenix
PHOENIX - Thousands of dollars found inside a donated book has been returned to the former owner. KPNX-TV reports that volunteer Cathy McAllister was sorting books for a charity book sale in Phoenix l...
Feb 12, 2019

Look south: Study finds comparisons for future climate of U.S., Canadian cities
Wondering what your city’s climate will be like in a few decades? Look south - about 1,000 kilometres south, says an unusual new study published Tuesday. That’s the average distance betwee...
Feb 12, 2019
Sherbrooke revives bid for Francophonie Games after N.B. pulls out
SHERBROOKE, Que. - After ballooning costs prompted New Brunswick to abandon the 2021 Francophonie Games, Sherbrooke, Que., has agreed to step in as host as long as spending can be kept under control. ...
Feb 12, 2019

Dennis Oland murder trial: Cellular expert delivers blow to defence
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - An expert on cellphone towers says the chances are “very small” that Richard Oland’s cell phone was still in his Saint John office when it received a final text me...
Feb 12, 2019

Committee chair says probe of Wilson-Raybould affair a possibility
OTTAWA - The Liberal chair of the House of Commons justice committee is open to probing whether the Prime Minister’s Office tried to influence the former justice minister not to proceed with a p...
Feb 12, 2019

Red Deer Transit launches MyBus mobile site ahead of Winter Games
Red Deer Transit has introduced a new mobile-friendly website called "MyBus" to assist people travelling around town during the Canada Winter Games from Feb. 15 – Mar. 3. "MyBus was launched in ...
Feb 12, 2019