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Canada's Raonic defeats Tomic in quarter-final play at Istanbul Open
ISTANBUL - Canada’s Milos Raonic advanced to the semifinals at the Istanbul Open with a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6) victory over Australia’s Bernard Tomic on Friday. Raonic, the No. 1 seed from Thorn...
May 05, 2017
Province announces funding on International Day of the Midwife
Thanks to an agreement reached Friday, the supply of midwives in Alberta will soon be better able to meet demand. On the International Day of the Midwife, the Alberta Government says Alberta Health Se...
May 05, 2017
Lacombe firefighters ship more aid to Paraguay
The Lacombe Firefighter's Association is once again changing the way of life for a fellow department in Paraguay. For the fourth time, the organization is sending a fire engine and giant crates of gea...
May 05, 2017
Search on for B.C. fire chief who may have been swept away in swollen creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The RCMP says the fire chief of Cache Creek in British Columbia’s Interior is missing and may have been swept away in a swollen creek. Searchers, including the Kamloops Searc...
May 05, 2017
Feds give $11 million to 2019 Canada Winter Games
The federal government is now officially on board with the 2019 Canada Winter Games. Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities was at cole Mountview Elementary School on Friday...
May 05, 2017
Crown defends reliability of evidence in final day of B.C. polygamy trial
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The trial of two fundamentalist church leaders charged with polygamy wrapped up in B.C. Supreme Court on Friday with the Crown arguing the bulk of marriage and personal records enter...
May 05, 2017
Defending champion Canada opens world championship with 4-1 win over Czechs
PARIS - Four different Canadian players scored and captain Claude Giroux had two assists as the two-time defending champions opened the IIHF World Hockey Championship with a 4-1 victory over the Czech...
May 05, 2017
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games NHL Playoffs Second Round Anaheim 4 Edmonton 3 (OT) (Ducks lead series 3-2) St. Louis 2 Nashville 1 (Predators lead series 3-2) — IIHF World Hockey Championship Canada 4 Cze...
May 05, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, May 5 --- MANY REGIONS BRACING FOR WEEKEND FLOODING: Persistent, steady rains soaking swaths of Central and Eastern Canada that have already endured record pr...
May 05, 2017
CBS, NBC also refuse to air Trump advertisement
NEW YORK - CBS and NBC have joined CNN in refusing to air an advertisement that lists President Donald Trump’s accomplishments while blaming the “fake news” media for not reporting o...
May 05, 2017