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Another 69 Canadians headed to help fight bushland fires in Australia
OTTAWA - Another 69 Canadians are heading to Australia this week to help fight the country's worst bush fires in recent memory. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the deployment...
Jan 14, 2020
REBELS: Sedoff, King in NHL Central Scouting’s midterm draft rankings
Two members of the Red Deer Rebels are included in NHL Central Scouting's midterm rankings for the 2020 NHL Draft. Defenceman Christoffer Sedoff is ranked 50th among North American skaters. The 6-foot...
Jan 14, 2020 Christoffer Sedoff in action versus Edmonton on Dec. 27 (Photo: Rob Wallator)
'All Canadians stand with you:' Trudeau says crash families will get answers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's been "gut-wrenching" to listen to stories from relatives of 57 Canadians who perished in the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner in Iran last week. S...
Jan 14, 2020
Air force to spend hundred of millions more to keep CF-18s fighting fit
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more to ensure Canada's aging CF-18s can still fight over the coming decade while the country waits for long-overd...
Jan 14, 2020
Experts see holes in international flight security rules, oversight
MONTREAL - Experts say the Iran plane crash points to a glaring gap in rules around flight security, with countries lacking incentives to close their own airspace and global agencies lacking the autho...
Jan 14, 2020
Pelosi sets Wednesday votes to send impeachment to Senate
WASHINGTON - After weeks of delay and strategizing, the U.S. House is planning to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate to start the trial on ...
Jan 14, 2020
Rising energy costs lift US consumer prices 0.2% in December
WASHINGTON - Rising energy costs drove U.S. consumer prices higher in December, and American workers' earnings couldn't keep up. The Labor Department said Tuesday that its consumer price index rose 0....
Jan 14, 2020
Leafs make another blue-line move, recalling Liljegren from the AHL Marlies
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have made another blue-line move, recalling Timothy Liljegren from the American Hockey League Marlies On Monday, the team summoned Swedish teenager Rasmus Sandin...
Jan 14, 2020
Thierry Henry holds first practice as coach of Montreal Impact
MONTREAL - Thierry Henry was happy with what he saw in his first practice as head coach of the Montreal Impact today. The MLS club made international headlines when it hired the former French internat...
Jan 14, 2020
Eric Lindros, Chris Nilan, Kerry Fraser among Quebec peewee tournament invitees
QUEBEC - Some of the most controversial and detested figures in Quebec City hockey history are among the invitees to this year's edition of the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament taking pl...
Jan 14, 2020