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Alberta confident Trans Mountain line will be built despite B.C. election result
EDMONTON – Alberta Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd says she doesn’t believe the outcome of the B.C. election puts the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in jeopardy. McCuaig-Boyd notes th...
May 10, 2017
Arizona radio station removes child pornography announcement
PHOENIX - An oldies country music radio station serving a rural Arizona area that aired a public service announcement for two years telling people how to hide potential evidence in child pornography c...
May 10, 2017
Los Angeles Olympic dreams might be delayed to 2028
Los Angeles could lose and win its Olympics gamble, ending up with the 2028 Games it never sought and the costly prospect of retooling its multibillion-dollar plans for more than a decade into the fut...
May 10, 2017
Lacombe Main Street construction update
City of Lacombe officials say the first week of construction work on the Main Street Project was a busy one. The City says crews have completed asphalt milling from Highway 2A to 53 Street and that AT...
May 10, 2017
Family and football brought Dylan Ainsworth home to the B.C. Lions
SURREY, B.C. - Dylan Ainsworth got blindsided twice last spring. The defensive lineman was injured on the third day of training camp with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a neck problem initially thought...
May 10, 2017
Fire that killed 5 on Ontario First Nation started by child, police say
ORILLIA, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police say a house fire that killed five people in a First Nation community last year was set by a child who was among those who died in the blaze. The victims of th...
May 10, 2017
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, May 10 --- CLARK TO STAY B.C. PREMIER WHILE VOTES COUNTED: British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has spoken to the lieutenant-governor after the Liberals ...
May 10, 2017
Gov't to begin seismic surveys in Atlantic in drilling push
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration said Wednesday it is moving forward on seismic surveys in the Atlantic Ocean, the first step toward offshore drilling in a region where it has been blocked for de...
May 10, 2017
Olympic hockey silver as a player, Schuler wants to coach Canadian women to gold
CALGARY - Laura Schuler just bought a house in New Hampshire. She won’t be living in it much this year. Schuler will relocate to Calgary in July and begin preparing for what she and the country ...
May 10, 2017
Canadian tennis stars Bouchard, Raonic, post big wins at Madrid Open
MADRID - Canadian tennis stars Eugenie Bouchard and Milos Raonic advanced with big wins Wednesday at the Madrid Open. Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., moved on to the women’s quarter-finals after...
May 10, 2017