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Glaciers in Western Canada retreat because of climate change: experts
VANCOUVER - Climate change is prompting glaciers in British Columbia, Yukon and Alberta to retreat faster than at any time in history, threatening to raise water levels and create deserts, scientists ...
Dec 27, 2018
Can the Liberals take all the credit for economic and jobs gains?
OTTAWA - “We took a one-per-cent growth rate under the Conservatives and turned it into a three-per-cent growth rate. We created 700,000 new jobs over the past three years, and right now we have...
Dec 27, 2018
Olympians, artists, and 'The Doctors' among 103 added to Order of Canada
OTTAWA - When Beckie Scott left behind her competitive cross-country ski career in 2006, the Olympic gold medallist didn’t foresee the path she would take next. A dozen years later, Scott has be...
Dec 27, 2018
CARTOON 12-27-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 12-27-2018
Dec 27, 2018
Protests as Congo leader warns of Ebola election 'disaster'
KINSHASA, Congo - Congo’s leader is blaming a deadly Ebola virus outbreak for the last-minute decision to bar an estimated 1 million voters from Sunday’s long-delayed presidential election...
Dec 27, 2018
First Nations win case over $4 benefit from Ontario, federal governments
SUDBURY, Ont. - The provincial and federal governments have been short-changing First Nations in Ontario for more than a century, a superior court judge ruled last week as she ordered long-stagnant an...
Dec 27, 2018
Flush with party funds, Manitoba Tories could call early election
WINNIPEG - Flush with party fundraising cash and facing two opposition parties still in rebuilding mode, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is not ruling out a snap election call well in advance of the ...
Dec 27, 2018
Somali refugee takes amazing road from refugee camps to Victoria city council
VICTORIA - It was one of the happiest days of his life, but Sharmarke Dubow says he was paralyzed with emotion the day he was sworn in as a member of Victoria city council. Dubow said he couldn’...
Dec 27, 2018
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship At Vancouver Canada 14 Denmark 0 Czech Republic 2 Switzerland 1 (OT) At Victoria USA 2 Slovakia 1 Sweden 2 Finland 1 — Spengler Cup At...
Dec 26, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship At Vancouver Canada 14 Denmark 0 Czech Republic 2 Switzerland 1 (OT) At Victoria USA 2 Slovakia 1 Sweden 2 Finland 1 — Spengler Cup At...
Dec 26, 2018