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Newcomer James Wilder Jr. looking to catch on with Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - It’s not hard to pick out James Wilder Jr. at the Toronto Argonauts training camp. At six foot three and 232 pounds, the 25-year-old Tampa native is the biggest running back on the CFL...
May 29, 2017
Foreigner bringing 40th anniversary tour to Red Deer in October
The legendary band behind such hits as I Want To Know What Love Is, Cold As Ice, Hot Blooded, and Juke Box Hero is coming to Red Deer. Foreigner will rock the Enmax Centrium, alon with special guest H...
May 29, 2017
Giant duck coming to Ontario isn't all it's quacked up to be: opposition Tories
TORONTO - An Ontario government grant of about $120,000 that is going toward a giant rubber duck for Canada 150 celebrations is ruffling some feathers. The six-storey-tall, 13,600-kilogram yellow duck...
May 29, 2017
Ten things to know about the Nova Scotia election campaign
HALIFAX - Ten things to know about the Nova Scotia election campaign, which ends Tuesday: 1. Polls forecast a Liberal advantage, but no sure thing. Most polls have showed the incumbent Liberals in the...
May 29, 2017
Journeyman cruiserweight boxer Whittom in coma after KO loss to Kopas
Journeyman boxer David Whittom was in an induced coma at Saint John Regional Hospital on Monday following surgery to treat bleeding on the brain after a knockout loss. The 38-year-old was listed in st...
May 29, 2017
Canada 150 Mosaic launched at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery
Nine years and 54,000 photographs later, a local man’s work of art honouring his country is complete. Red Deerian Tim Van Horn launched his visually stunning Canada 150 Mosaic at the Red Deer Mu...
May 29, 2017
Bruce Springsteen surprises audience at Van Zandt concert
RED BANK, N.J. - Bruce Springsteen has surprised concert-goers in New Jersey with a performance during the encore of a Steven Van Zandt show. Count Basie Theatre executive Jon Vena said Monday the cro...
May 29, 2017
Manchester police seek clues in concert bomber's suitcase
LONDON - Police in Manchester, England issued a picture of the arena suicide bomber holding a blue suitcase and asked anyone who might have seen him with it before the attack to call a confidential ho...
May 29, 2017
End to 'temporary' status for US migrants feared under Trump
WASHINGTON - Nancy Vasquez left the turmoil in her native El Salvador behind and moved to the U.S., where she was able to support her family, buy a house and start a food-truck business catering to wo...
May 29, 2017
Thousands turn out to remember Kennedy on his 100th birthday
BOSTON - Americans turned out by the thousands Monday to celebrate the life and legacy of President John F. Kennedy on the day he would have turned 100. The U.S. Postal Service commemorated Kennedy...
May 29, 2017