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Five top public servants to warn of major meddling with next federal election
OTTAWA - An impartial group of senior bureaucrats will warn Canadians if malicious actors try to manipulate the outcome of this fall’s federal election. The Trudeau government announced the R...
Jan 30, 2019
Halifax councillors join Vancouver in declaring climate emergency
Halifax has become the second Canadian city to declare a climate emergency. Council voted Tuesday to pass a mostly symbolic acknowledgment that climate change is a serious and urgent threat. The munic...
Jan 30, 2019
Let the bell ring out: Moose Jaw city council clamps clapper replacement
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A clarion call has gone out in Moose Jaw, Sask., to repair a more than century-old bell that sits atop the city hall clock tower and some day make it ring for the first time since t...
Jan 30, 2019
Chamber announces hiring of Rick More as CEO
RED DEER- The Board of Directors of the Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce has annouced the appointment of Rick More for the position of Chief Executive Officer. The board says More brings ex...
Jan 30, 2019
Andreescu, Marino, Abanda and Dabrowski named to Canada's Fed Cup roster
TORONTO - Heidi El Tabakh has caught a couple breaks for her upcoming debut as captain of the Canadian Fed Cup team. The recent breakout of teenager Bianca Andreescu has given her a bonafide No. 1 sin...
Jan 30, 2019
Canadian mixed doubles team edges Switzerland in opening draw of World Cup
JONKOPING, Sweden - Canada won two of three games on the opening day of the third World Cup curling stop of the season. The Manitoba mixed doubles team of Kadriana Sahaidak and Colton Lott downed Swit...
Jan 30, 2019
Missing Maskwacis teen found deceased
There has been a sad end to the search for a missing teen from central Alberta. Maskwacis RCMP report that Nicholas Roasting was located deceased on Tuesday. The 17-year-old was last seen in the area ...
Jan 30, 2019
Asian Cup organizers investigate shoe-throwing
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Asian Cup organizers have opened an investigation after soccer fans threw shoes and bottles at Qatar’s players during their semifinal victory over the United Ar...
Jan 30, 2019
Diver Imbeau-Dulac battled eating disorder ahead of London Olympics
TORONTO - It might have seemed like an innocuous gesture. But it was part of a much bigger problem that saw Canadian Francois Imbeau-Dulac lay down some of the best dives of his life at the 2012 Londo...
Jan 30, 2019
U.S. group hopes to find sanctuary site for 'retired' whales in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A U.S.-based animal protection group is touring coastal Nova Scotia communities in hopes of finding one interested in becoming a retirement home for whales and dolphins raised in captivity. ...
Jan 30, 2019