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Triathletes take to Red Deer streets this weekend
For the 19th year, athletes will swim, bike and run in the annual Woody's Triathlon this weekend in Red Deer. The event goes Saturday and Sunday for different age groups, and starts out with the swim ...
Jun 20, 2019 (Woody's Triathlon)
Facebook plans its own currency for 2 billion-plus users
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook already rules daily communication for more than 2 billion people around the world. Now it wants its own currency, too. The social network unveiled an ambitious plan Tuesday to...
Jun 20, 2019
Pricey tours of decaying Titanic shipwreck delayed until June 2020
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Adventure tourists who paid $168,000 each to help survey the Titanic shipwreck off Newfoundland have been told their much-anticipated dives are being postponed. The U.S. compan...
Jun 20, 2019
Police name three men arrested after shooting at Raptors victory rally
Toronto police have released the identities of three men who were arrested after a shooting on Monday that sent part of the crowd scurrying for cover during a celebration for ...
Jun 20, 2019
Police name three men arrested after shooting at Raptors victory rally
Toronto police have released the identities of three men who were arrested after Monday's shooting at a rally celebrating the Raptors' historic NBA win. The men, who are all from Toronto and...
Jun 20, 2019
New study offers insight and recommendations to reduce right whale deaths
FREDERICTON - A new study says more than half the 70 North Atlantic right whale deaths recorded over the last 16 years were the result of either entanglement in fishing gear or vessel collis...
Jun 20, 2019
Justice system making slow but sure steps to more timely justice, top judge says
OTTAWA - Canada's top judge says there is slow but sure progress toward more timely justice in Canadian courts after years of backlogs and delays. Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner says thing...
Jun 20, 2019
Coroner concludes death of Gilles Duceppe's 93-year-old mother preventable
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner has ruled the hypothermia death of Gilles Duceppe's 93-year-old mother last January was accidental, but video footage of the woman trying to re-enter the luxury senior...
Jun 20, 2019
Blair says more gun-control action needed, signals no new steps before election
OTTAWA - Crime Reduction Minister Bill Blair says more must be done to address gun violence, but he's also signalling that no new measures will be taken before the fall election. Steps could - an...
Jun 20, 2019
Massachusetts woman cleared of murder in baby's death
WORCESTER, Mass. - A Massachusetts woman who lived in a home where authorities found the remains of three dead babies has been cleared of second-degree murder. A judge said Thursday that prosecutors d...
Jun 20, 2019