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University student delivers care packages to border-crossers in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - A University of Manitoba student wanting to help asylum-seekers crossing the border from the United States on foot has delivered 150 care packages to them. Half the packages were delivered ...
May 10, 2017
Reports say Canadian man, 33, detained in death of woman, 23, in Cancun, Mexico
TORONTO - Mexican media say a Canadian man is charged in the death of a 23-year-old woman at a Cancun resort. The reports say the woman - who they identify as Gabriela Janeth Jaramillo - was killed on...
May 10, 2017
Writers' Union of Canada sorry for article encouraging cultural appropriation
TORONTO - The Writers’ Union of Canada apologized Wednesday for an opinion article in the latest issue of its quarterly magazine advocating for more cultural appropriation in Canadian literature...
May 10, 2017
Thunder, AJHL dealing with fallout from fewer sponsors, fans
The Alberta Junior Hockey League continues to weather the tough economic climate in which some of its small town teams are drawing fewer sponsors and smaller crowds. The 16-team league has seen downtu...
May 10, 2017
Tough road awaits at Rugby World Cup, especially for first Americas qualifier
TORONTO - For Canada coach Mark Anscombe, Wednesday’s draw for the 2019 Rugby World Cup could be labelled “pick your poison.” The Canadian men are vying for one of the eight remainin...
May 10, 2017
Everything breaks right for Senators as storybook season continues
Exactly one year before the Ottawa Senators qualified for their first Eastern Conference final in a decade, general manager Pierre Dorion introduced Guy Boucher as the new head coach and made a surpri...
May 10, 2017
Quebec's top court rules national securities regulator is unconstitutional
MONTREAL - Quebec’s top court says Ottawa’s plan to set up a national securities regulator is unconstitutional. The provincial government asked the Quebec Court of Appeal in the summer of ...
May 10, 2017
Red Deer entrepreneur talks Ag tech with Bill Gates
What's it like to talk agriculture with the richest man in the world? A local entrepreneur found out last week when he gave a presentation in Seattle to Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates...
May 10, 2017
Redblacks say fewer than 6,000 tickets remain for 2017 Grey Cup
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks say tickets for the 2017 Grey Cup are moving at a brisk pace, which is welcome news for the CFL after organizers of the 2016 league championship in Toronto struggled to f...
May 10, 2017
NEB proposes to review upstream, downstream emissions from Energy East
CALGARY - Canada’s national energy regulator has proposed that the new review of the Energy East Pipeline consider upstream and downstream emissions from the project. The National Energy Board i...
May 10, 2017