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Tug capsizing last year in Vancouver highlights industry risks: TSB
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says the capsizing of a tug at the mouth of the Fraser River in Vancouver shows the risks the industry faces because of a lack of awareness of the fact...
Oct 04, 2019
'Wow child' is special guest of orchestra that inspired him
BOSTON - A boy who charmed the world by exclaiming "Wow!" at the end of a classical music performance was a special guest of the orchestra that inspired his delight. The Boston Globe reports 9-year-ol...
Oct 04, 2019
No evidence FBI, RCMP directed border guards' examination of Meng Wanzhou: Crown
VANCOUVER - There's no evidence to support a "conspiracy" theory that United States officials directed Canadian border guards to interrogate Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou a...
Oct 04, 2019
UCP Government extending NDP exemption for farm trucks, school buses says Ag Minister
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Provincial Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen offered some brief comments Thursday (Oct. 3) while in Lethbridge, on the province's decision to review regulations that relax the requi...
Oct 04, 2019 Provincial Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen - Photo: Courtesy Province of Alberta
Lethbridge College students honour missing and murdered Indigenous women
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Today is Sisters in Spirit Day.It's a time to recognize and honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Students at Lethbridge College organized a special event at the ins...
Oct 04, 2019 Kerri-Ann Medicine Shield (right) with her sister Selena as the film "Spirit of the Bluebird" plays during the event on Oct. 4, 2019 (Lethbridge News Now)
Crown says Boyle, accused of assault, made up self-serving nude protest story
OTTAWA - Former hostage Joshua Boyle told a self-serving lie in likening his wife's tendency to strip off her clothes to the naked protests of Russian dissenters who settled in western Canada, a feder...
Oct 04, 2019
Case of whooping cough confirmed at Raymond Elementary
RAYMOND, AB - Alberta Health Services (AHS) has notified parents in Raymond about a confirmed case of pertussis (whooping cough) at the town's primary school on Thursday, October 3rd.They are asking t...
Oct 04, 2019
Iranian hackers said to target presidential campaign
WASHINGTON - Microsoft said Friday that hackers linked to the Iranian government targeted a U.S. presidential campaign, as well as government officials, media targets and prominent expatriate Iranians...
Oct 04, 2019
Canadian hurdler Sage Watson sets national record at worlds
DOHA, Qatar - Sage Watson set a Canadian record en route to qualifying for the women's 400-metre hurdles final on Wednesday at the world track and field championships. The 25-year-old native of M...
Oct 04, 2019
Retrial for man in California warehouse fire that killed 36
OAKLAND, Calif. - Prosecutors say they will re-try a man on manslaughter charges for allegedly turning a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse into a cluttered maze that killed 36 at a party. Alameda Count...
Oct 04, 2019