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B.C. premier and jobs minister sued by fired LNG advocate claiming $5 million
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s fired liquefied natural gas advocate is suing Premier John Horgan, the province’s jobs minister and a New Democrat MP in a lawsuit claiming $5 million in dam...
Aug 18, 2017
Celtics to retire Paul Pierce's No. 34
BOSTON - The Boston Celtics will retire Paul Pierce’s No. 34 during their Feb. 11 game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The longtime Celtics forward will be the 22nd player so honoured - the fir...
Aug 18, 2017
Investigators release first official details of 'Deadpool 2' stuntwoman's death
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s workplace safety agency has released the first official account of a “Deadpool 2” stuntwoman’s death, saying SJ Harris was thrown off a motorcycl...
Aug 18, 2017
UPDATED: Three seriously burned in accident at north Red Deer car wash
Three men suffered serious burns in a workplace accident in north Red Deer Friday afternoon. Two of them were in life-threatening condition while the third was in potentially life-threatening conditio...
Aug 18, 2017
B.C. Premier John Horgan condemns hate speech ahead of planned rally
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan is denouncing hate speech ahead of a rally in Vancouver this weekend. In a statement, Horgan says the recent violence in Charlottesville, Va., was horrifying but th...
Aug 18, 2017
Judge rejects Roman Polanski victim's bid to end case
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has denied the impassioned plea of Roman Polanski’s victim to end the criminal case against the fugitive director. Judge Scott Gordon ruled Friday Polanski must...
Aug 18, 2017
Men say they've set record for traversing Boston's subway
REVERE, Mass. - Two Boston-area residents say they’ve set the world record for travelling to every stop on the city’s subway system in about 7 1/2 hours. The Boston Globe reports Dominic D...
Aug 18, 2017
Jake Arrieta, Javier Baez lead Cubs over Blue Jays 7-4
CHICAGO - Jake Arrieta may never duplicate the second half he had two years ago in winning the NL Cy Young Award. The Cubs don’t care. They’ll take what the right-hander is giving them now...
Aug 18, 2017
Manitoba NDP leadership candidate Wab Kinew addresses more brushes with law
WINNIPEG - A high-profile candidate running for the leadership of Manitoba’s Opposition New Democrats is revealing more brushes with the law following an anonymous email circulated to media this...
Aug 18, 2017
Wind warning ended for Red Deer and Central Alberta
UPDATE: The wind warning for Red Dere and Central Alberta was ended at 1:24 a.m. Saturday. === With the devastating windstorm of June 20 still fresh in the minds of many, it's now possible we could se...
Aug 18, 2017