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Canada falls to Colombia in Pan Am baseball qualification tournament
IBIUNA, Brazil - Canada settled for second in its group at the Pan American Games men’s baseball qualification tournament after an 8-6 loss to Colombia on Friday. However, Canada (1-1) clinched ...
Feb 01, 2019

More staff, artificial flooding among plans to save Wood Buffalo National Park
OTTAWA - The federal government intends to save the international heritage status of Canada’s largest national park by increasing staffing, better monitoring oil-sands tailings and artificially ...
Feb 01, 2019

Quebec man accused of killing wife describes her rapid Alzheimer's decline
MONTREAL - A man charged with killing his wife at a Montreal long-term care facility told a jury Friday he struggled to provide care as her advanced Alzheimer’s worsened. As he began testifying ...
Feb 01, 2019

Nominations open for Red Deer Catholic by-election
Nominations are now open for the by-election being held by Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools. The by-election comes following the resignation of Adriana LaGrange from the Board of Trustees. LaGrange ...
Feb 01, 2019

Co-founder of Tim Hortons and philanthropist Ron Joyce dies at age 88
Ron Joyce, who rose from a childhood marked by the Great Depression to co-found the Tim Hortons doughnut chain, has died at the age of 88. Joyce died Thursday in his Burlington, Ont., home with his fa...
Feb 01, 2019

Education Minister to visit Aspen Heights MicroSociety
Education Minister David Eggen will visit Aspen Heights Elementary School this Wednesday to tour the school's innovative MicroSociety program where K-5 students experience math and civics by having jo...
Feb 01, 2019

Defensive lineman Kwaku Boateng signs extension with Edmonton Eskimos
Canadian defensive lineman Kwaku Boateng signed a contract extension through the 2020 season with the Edmonton Eskimos on Friday. Boateng was scheduled to become a free agent Feb. 12. The six-foot-two...
Feb 01, 2019
Canadian men's rink splits World Cup games to fall out of first
JONKOPING, Sweden - Canada’s Matt Dunstone split a pair of games on Friday, putting the Saskatchewan-based rink’s record at 3-1 at the third World Cup stop of the season. Dunstone lost 5-4...
Feb 01, 2019
Ontario man pleads guilty to trying to join Islamic State militants in Syria
TORONTO - A 29-year-old Ontario man admitted Friday that he left Canada four years ago to try to join Islamic State militants in Syria after harbouring increasingly radical beliefs. Pamir Hakimzadah, ...
Feb 01, 2019

City unveils new waste sorting stations at recreation facilities
New waste sorting stations are now in place at several recreation facilities across the city, and residents are encouraged to pitch in to increase the amount of waste being diverted from our landfill ...
Feb 01, 2019