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Wetaskiwin RCMP on scene of a major structure fire
An investigation is now underway into the cause of a major fire in Wetaskiwin.On Jan. 14, at approximately 11:45 p.m., Wetaskiwin RCMP members were on patrol and observed smoke coming from an apartmen...
Jan 15, 2020
Canadian firefighters expect to use tailored tactics to battle Australia blazes
HALIFAX - As Canadian firefighters boarded flights today to battle blazes in Australia, they noted they will likely have to employ some different tactics than they do to fight loca...
Jan 15, 2020
New book of Zora Neale Hurston stories is out this week
NEW YORK - Sixty years after her death, the story of Zora Neale Hurston is still not fully told. The fiction writer-anthropologist-folklorist died in a segregated Florida hospital in January 1960, so ...
Jan 15, 2020
Sudan reopens airspace after end of armed mutiny, 2 killed
CAIRO - Sudan said it reopened its airspace Wednesday after an armed revolt from within its security forces shut down the capital's airport for hours and left at least two people dead. In a press conf...
Jan 15, 2020
Students to sing national anthem in Ojibwa at Winnipeg Jets hockey game
WINNIPEG - The national anthem before this Friday's NHL game in Winnipeg won't quite sound the way it usually does. A group of students from the city's Riverbend Community School are set to perfo...
Jan 15, 2020
Rep. Kirkpatrick of Arizona seeking treatment for alcoholism
PHOENIX - U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona said Wednesday that she's taking time off from her congressional duties to seek treatment for alcohol dependence after a "serious" fall. Kirkpatrick, a D...
Jan 15, 2020
Feds working on new policies to stop illegal shipments of garbage
OTTAWA - The federal government expects to make some changes this year to keep Canada's garbage from illegally ending up on foreign shores, after needing to bring dozens of shipping containers of rott...
Jan 15, 2020
Andrew Weaver leaves B.C. Greens to sit as Independent, cites family health
VICTORIA - Andrew Weaver is leaving British Columbia's Green party to sit as an Independent. The former party leader says in a news release that he will continue to sit as the legislature member ...
Jan 15, 2020
Bolts G Vasilevskiy, Rangers D DeAngelo, Flames G Talbot named 3 stars of week
NEW YORK - Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, New York Rangers defenceman Tony DeAngelo and Calgary goaltender Cam Talbot are the NHL's three stars of the week. Vasilevskiy won three games...
Jan 15, 2020
Canada's Marchak headed to Buckingham Palace for Rugby League World Cup draw
Mandy Marchak is headed to Buckingham Palace. The 35-year-old rugby international from Winnipeg, who now calls Victoria home, is representing Canada at Thursday's draw for the 2021 Rugby League W...
Jan 15, 2020