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Shell plan to cut up to 9,000 jobs could result in 100s of fewer jobs in Canada
CALGARY - Hundreds of Canadian employees of Royal Dutch Shell could be affected by its plan revealed Wednesday to cut between 7,000 and 9,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2022. The company h...
Sep 30, 2020

Alberta top court rejects appeal of man who killed Calgary Stampeders football player
CALGARY - Alberta's top court has upheld the conviction of a man who killed a Calgary Stampeders football player outside a Calgary nightclub in 2016. Three Court of Appeal justices unanimously dismiss...
Sep 30, 2020

Federal government lawyer asks judge to dismiss youths' climate change lawsuit
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the Canadian government says a lawsuit filed by 15 youth across the country should be dismissed because their claims about the harms of climate change are too broad. Joseph Ch...
Sep 30, 2020

Baby fat proves to be a boon for Toronto FC's Silva, prompting move to goalkeeper
TORONTO - Kevin Silva can thank pre-teen baby fat for a move that helped turn soccer into a profession. "I grew up as a striker actually," he explained. "I was a bit chubby growing up so at the point ...
Sep 30, 2020

Rangers buy out star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist's contract
NEW YORK - The "King" of Madison Square Garden has been deposed. The New York Rangers have bought out the contract of star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, parting ways with one of their greatest players ...
Sep 30, 2020

Ontario releases new COVID-19 modelling as Quebec braces for new restrictions
MONTREAL - Health officials in Ontario said today that further measures could be coming to fight COVID-19, as neighbouring Quebec prepares to shut down bars, restaurants and most in-home gatherings in...
Sep 30, 2020

Boy injured after being struck by vehicle in east Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP said Friday that a ticket given to a driver when a male youth on a bicycle was struck Wednesday morning will be withdrawn.It was about 8:30 a.m. that morning on 22 Street near Vanier Dri...
Sep 30, 2020

Green leadership results tainted by fundraising disaster, candidate says
OTTAWA - Green leadership candidates are digging into their own fundraising data today after their party acknowledged Tuesday it hadn't properly forwarded all donations to one candidate. The Green par...
Sep 30, 2020

Debate about televised political debates heats up after presidential 'dumpster fire'
WASHINGTON, Wash. - Hot mess, dumpster fire, train wreck: the reviews of the presidential debate are in, and they're not good. So universally condemned was Tuesday's televised clash, it is fuell...
Sep 30, 2020

26 Albertans charged after province-wide child pornography investigation
Twenty-six suspects from across Alberta face a total of 63 charges related to online child sexual exploitation.The ALERT Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) says the arrests were made between June 20 an...
Sep 30, 2020