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Students who died in Vancouver Island bus crash remembered for love of learning
VICTORIA - Two first-year biology students at the University of Victoria are being remembered for their love of learning and nature. Emma Machado of Winnipeg and John Geerdes from Iowa have been ...
Sep 19, 2019
Tax credits or cash? Parties spar over what is best for parental benefits
OTTAWA - Is it better to be paid in credit or with cash? That's a question Liberals and Conservatives tusseled over Tuesday in the ongoing federal election competition for the votes of middle-cla...
Sep 19, 2019
Progress reported in contract talks between GM, union
DETROIT - Faced with weakening sales, a deteriorating global economy and an unpredictable trade war, General Motors and striking auto workers appeared to be making progress Tuesday toward a four-year ...
Sep 19, 2019
US keeps top spot in FIBA men's world rankings; Spain No. 2
USA Basketball has kept its No. 1 spot in the FIBA world men's rankings, even after a disappointing seventh-place showing in the World Cup that ended earlier this week. It's now nine-years-and-countin...
Sep 19, 2019
Are rural policing costs on the way?
EDMONTON- Alberta's Opposition says the government is proposing to small municipalities and rural areas that they begin to pay for some, or maybe most, of their policing costs.NDP Leader Rachel Notley...
Sep 19, 2019
Canadian soldier charged with attempted murder
MORINVILLE- An Edmonton-based soldier accused of lighting her home on fire while her three children were inside has made an appearance in Morinville Provincial Court on Thursday.The 41-year-old Canadi...
Sep 19, 2019
Scientists confident they know where meteor over Alberta shed pieces
EDMONTON- It streaked across the sky but people in central Alberta are being urged to keep their eyes trained on the ground.Scientists at the University of Alberta are still searching for meteorites f...
Sep 19, 2019
Trump says gun negotiations going 'very slowly'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is pouring cold water on prospects for a bipartisan compromise on gun legislation, even as his aides circulate a draft plan on Capitol Hill. Trump tells Fox News in...
Sep 19, 2019
Renzi splits Italy's Democrats, shaking govt coalition
ROME - Former Italian Premier Matteo Renzi has left the ruling Democratic Party to set up a new centrist force, in a risky move that further weakens the already shaky government forged only two weeks ...
Sep 19, 2019
Bus crashes carrying country singer Josh Turner's road crew
SHANDON, Calif. - Authorities in central California say a passenger bus has crashed while carrying the road crew for country and gospel singer Josh Turner, leaving one dead and seven injured. Turner a...
Sep 19, 2019