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Ontario spending $85M to clean up mercury in two First Nation communities
TORONTO - Ontario is spending an additional $85 million to clean up a mercury-contaminated river that has plagued two First Nation communities for half a century. Environment Minister Glen Murray says...
Jun 27, 2017
Dreeshen: Liberals security legislation puts Canadians at risk
Summer is here and I am looking forward to spending the next couple months in the riding, continuing to engage Central Albertans on what is important to them. Wind Storm First I would like to offer my...
Jun 27, 2017
Toronto Wolfpack feeling the pain as injury list continues to grow
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack may be steamrolling everyone in their path, but that success is coming at a cost. The rugby league team’s injured list keeps growing. On Tuesday, the walking wound...
Jun 27, 2017
Innisfail council briefs: Town to buy Cenotaph land from school division
Cenotaph land Innisfail town council has finally wrapped up a purchase of the land which the local cenotaph sits on. Until now, the 3400 sq.ft. area has been owned by Chinook’s Edge School Divis...
Jun 27, 2017
Watchdog clears park service in inauguration disputes
WASHINGTON - An internal watchdog has found no wrongdoing by the National Park Service in a dispute over crowd size at President Donald Trump’s inauguration. An unidentified person complained th...
Jun 27, 2017
'John Wick,' 'Dragon Tattoo' star Michael Nyqvist dies at 56
LOS ANGELES - Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist, who starred in the original “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” films and often played villains in Hollywood movies like “John Wick” ...
Jun 27, 2017
The Latest: 911 calls led to military post lockdown
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The Latest on reports of an active shooter at an Alabama military post (all times local): 4 p.m. The commander of an Alabama military post says two 911 calls about a potential activ...
Jun 27, 2017
Family sues over black man's shooting by police
BATON ROUGE, La. - The children of a black man killed by a white police officer in Louisiana’s capital sued the city on Tuesday, claiming the shooting fit a pattern of racist behaviour and exces...
Jun 27, 2017
LA City Council oks plans for George Lucas museum
LOS ANGELES - The Force was with George Lucas on Tuesday as the Los Angeles City Council moved with light-sabre speed to clear the way for a $1.5 billion Museum of Narrative Art the “Star Wars&#...
Jun 27, 2017
Walk, Talk and, Roll in Support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation
Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at Crossroads Church What: 9th Annual Walk, Talk, and Roll When: Registration starts at 11:30am, event starts promply at noon and will end around 2pm Where: Crossroads Church Wh...
Jun 27, 2017