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Dead Niagara Falls daredevil might have plunged with snake
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - A daredevil who died after plunging over Niagara Falls in an apparent stunt with an inflatable ball might have brought a boa constrictor along for the ride. After Kirk Jones̵...
Jun 28, 2017
Saunders returns to Jays organization after signing minor-league deal
TORONTO - Michael Saunders is back in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. The Blue Jays announced Wednesday that the Victoria-born outfielder has signed a minor-league deal and will report to triple-A...
Jun 28, 2017
Head of NEB welcomes overhaul recommendations as way to keep up with times
CALGARY - The head of the National Energy Board says a proposed overhaul of how the federal regulator consults, operates and is organized will make it better prepared to respond to modern expectations...
Jun 28, 2017
Europe learning from Canada on dealing with Trump 'novelty': Italian president
OTTAWA - Italy’s visiting president says Europe is learning much from Canada on how to engage with the “novelty” that is the Donald Trump administration. President Sergio Mattarella ...
Jun 28, 2017
Rhode Island Governor says Trudeau to attend governors' summit
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo says she expects Justin Trudeau to meet with the U.S. governors at a summer summit in Rhode Island, but the Prime Minister’s Office couldn̵...
Jun 28, 2017
Sylvan Lake updating Community Standards Bylaw
Updates to Sylvan Lake's Community Standards Bylaw were given first reading this week by town council. The changes, if given full approval, would set out new rules for live entertainment on unlicensed...
Jun 28, 2017
Film academy invites Thor, Wonder Woman to joins its ranks
LOS ANGELES - Thor, Captain America, Wonder Woman and Betty White have been invited to join the film academy. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed its latest invitees on Wednesday,...
Jun 28, 2017
Woodbine Racetrack to open second grass course in time for 2019 season
TORONTO - Woodbine Racetrack is adding a second grass course. Jim Lawson, Woodbine’s chief executive officer, made the announcement Wednesday during the draw for the $1-million Queen’s Pla...
Jun 28, 2017
B.C. Liberals tout $2.8B surplus, reduced debt on eve of expected defeat
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s finance minister has painted a rosy picture of the province’s finances a day before his government is expected to be defeated in a confidence vote, saying a $...
Jun 28, 2017
Medical instrument left inside Quebec woman after cancer surgery
MONTREAL - Quebec’s health minister is blaming human error after a medical instrument 33 centimetres long was forgotten inside a woman who had a hysterectomy at a Montreal hospital last March. B...
Jun 28, 2017