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Edmonton, Red Deer to host 2021 world junior hockey championship
Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta., will host the 2021 world junior hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Thursday. It will mark the tournament’s return to Alberta for the first time since Calg...
Dec 06, 2018
Pelosi pledges to press Lighthizer for better enforcement on new NAFTA
WASHINGTON - The presumptive leader of the new Democrat majority on Capitol Hill says she is pressing the U.S. trade representative for better labour and environmental enforcement provisions in the ne...
Dec 06, 2018
Now you know - United Way #211 - Poverty
In this episode of the Now You Know, we introduce you to the United Way’s #211 Program. Time’s can be difficult, life can throw you some obstacles, and sometimes you just need to reach out...
Dec 06, 2018
Reba McEntire, Oak Ridge Boys sing at Bush's Texas funeral
HOUSTON - Reba McEntire has sung “The Lord’s Prayer” at the Houston funeral service of former President George H.W. Bush. The Grammy winner on Thursday followed the Oak Ridge Boys, w...
Dec 06, 2018
Grey Cup champion Calgary Stampeders retain services of five Canadians
CALGARY - The Grey Cup champion Calgary Stampeders have re-signed five of their Canadians. Punter Rob Maver, kicker Rene Paredes, long-snapper Pierre-Luc Caron and fullbacks Ante Milanovic-Litre and C...
Dec 06, 2018
Statcan chief: Agency can't back down from push for new data sources
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada won’t back down from a push to find new sources of data to fuel the nation’s thirst for information, but will only move as quickly as Canadians are comfortable, ...
Dec 06, 2018
Julia Roberts, more movie stars snare Golden Globe TV nods
LOS ANGELES - Even the sometimes-offbeat Golden Globe Awards are unable to resist the allure of movie stars who dabble in television work. Julia Roberts, Amy Adams, Jim Carrey and Michael Douglas were...
Dec 06, 2018
Larkin scores in OT as Red Wings edge Maple Leafs 5-4 in Nylander's debut
TORONTO - Maple Leafs head Mike Babcock expected William Nylander to be “the freshest guy in hockey” on Thursday night. That was probably asking too much of a player making his season debu...
Dec 06, 2018
A look at the process Canada follows in response to an extradition request
OTTAWA - Canada’s Department of Justice, through its International Assistance Group, helps Canadian and foreign police and prosecutors by extraditing people to face prosecution or sentencing in ...
Dec 06, 2018
'I have no reason to want my father dead, to kill him,' Dennis Oland told police
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A talkative Dennis Oland chatted with police at length about his relationship with his difficult dad, Richard, initially unaware that investigators were zeroing in on him as the pri...
Dec 06, 2018