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Canada's Humana-Paredes, Pavan to play for bronze at Beach World Tour Final
HAMBURG - Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan will play for bronze at the Beach World Tour Hamburg Finals after dropping a two-set decision against German Olympic and world champions...
Aug 25, 2017
Canada's women's water polo team through to Universiade quarter-finals
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Elyse Lemay-Lavoie scored five goals, while Shae Fournier added four to lead Canada’s women’s water polo team to a convincing 24-5 victory over Great Britain at the Summer...
Aug 25, 2017
Kelly Knight Craft, Trump's ambassador to Canada, arrives in October
OTTAWA - Donald Trump’s envoy to Canada assumes her new post in October. Word about her planned arrival for Kelly Knight Craft comes three weeks after her swift confirmation by the United States...
Aug 25, 2017
Ecuador's congress green-lights corruption probe against VP
QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador’s congress cleared the way Friday for Vice-President Jorge Glas to be investigated for allegedly taking bribes from a Brazilian construction giant involved in a sprawlin...
Aug 25, 2017
Peterborough General Electric plant to stop manufacturing, shed 358 jobs
More than 350 workers at a General Electric plant in Peterborough, Ont., will be losing their jobs as the 125-year-old facility ceases manufacturing next year. Kim Warburton, a spokeswoman for GE Cana...
Aug 25, 2017
Conservatives won't say if Rebel booths to be banned at future party events
OTTAWA - Prominent federal Conservatives, including leader Andrew Scheer, have vowed not to give any more interviews to the Rebel but will their party cut all its ties to the controversial far-right m...
Aug 25, 2017
G7 leaders to meet June 8-9 in Quebec's Charlevoix region: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the dates for next year’s meeting of G7 leaders in Quebec - June 8-9. Canada will host the summit at a resort in La Malbaie, northeast of Que...
Aug 25, 2017
Charges stayed for woman accused in $1M oilfield fraud case
There has been a stay of proceedings in the case a woman accused of stealing more than one million dollars from the Red Deer County-based oilfield company she worked for. Shelley Davidson, 40, was arr...
Aug 25, 2017
Access for All playscape coming together at Mattie McCullough
When students return to Mattie McCullough Elementary next week, they'll have an all-new playground to share with everyone. Volunteers began working feverishly on Friday to install the first phase of t...
Aug 25, 2017
'Like going to Azerbaijan': Whitecaps visit Orlando after gruelling travel day
Before his Vancouver Whitecaps even stepped on the pitch Wednesday against the Seattle Sounders, head coach Carl Robinson already had one eye on the team’s next match - and was dreading it. Not ...
Aug 25, 2017