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The unusual suspects: British Columbia's middle-class gang problem
SURREY, B.C. - At the end of a tranquil cul-de-sac in a pleasant neighbourhood, a tall stucco house overlooks a well-kept lawn and lush flowerbeds. The home is in the Metro Vancouver city of Surr...
Aug 28, 2019
City to test new Parklets in downtown pilot project
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is helping residents cool down this summer.In partnership with the Heart of Our City committee, the City is piloting a new project to offer outdoor seating spac...
Aug 28, 2019 The City and Heart of Our City committee have teamed up for a new Parklet pilot program in downtown Lethbridge (Lethbridge News Now)
Placido Domingo concert opening sports complex in Hungary
SZEGED, Hungary - Opera legend Placido Domingo was set to appear Wednesday at a concert in southern Hungary to inaugurate a sports and youth complex for a local Catholic diocese, continuing his calend...
Aug 28, 2019
Actor McConaughey named professor at University of Texas
AUSTIN, Texas - Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey will join the University of Texas as a professor who this fall will teach in the university's Department of Radio-Television-Film. McConaughey h...
Aug 28, 2019
Court orders women accused of defaming author to share emails, online posts
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has awarded author Steven Galloway access to emails between a woman who accused him of sexual assault and staff at the University of British Columbia in&nbs...
Aug 28, 2019
Provinces, territories to have input in future price of carbon tax, McKenna says
OTTAWA - Any decisions about future increases in the carbon tax would take into account the views of provinces and territories, the federal environment minister says, using language tha...
Aug 28, 2019
Draisaitl on Puljujarvi: 'It seems like he doesn't want to be on our team'
TORONTO - Leon Draisaitl says he would welcome disgruntled winger Jesse Puljujarvi back into the Edmonton Oilers' fold. Puljujarvi has made it clear he wants to be traded to another NHL team...
Aug 28, 2019
Florida nursing home employees charged in patient deaths
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Four employees of a Florida nursing home where 12 people died in sweltering heat after a hurricane cut power were charged Monday, at least three of them with aggravated manslau...
Aug 28, 2019
Bombers release wide receiver Matthews six games into a three-season contract
Winnipeg has released receiver Chris Matthews just six games into his second stint as a Blue Bomber. The team made the announcement Wednesday. It leaves the Bombers with another hole to fill...
Aug 28, 2019
Edmonton landscaper needed time to think, let $60-million lottery win sink in
ST. ALBERT, Alta. - An Edmonton landscaper has won big after waiting 10 months to claim a $60-million lotto jackpot. Bon Truong says he was stunned when he checked his Lotto Max ticket at a ...
Aug 28, 2019