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Scientists using aerial drones to compare northern and southern whale behaviour
VANCOUVER - Scientists at the University of British Columbia are using aerial drones to study whether endangered southern resident killer whales are getting enough of their preferred pr...
Nov 4, 2019
'I need answers:' Slain caseworker's sister in court as mental exam ordered
CALGARY - The sister of a caseworker who was stabbed to death while on the job at an assisted-living home says she doesn't want any other family to suffer the same way. Nancy Euwangue travel...
Nov 4, 2019
Raptors' VanVleet "humbled" by chance to give back to basketball in Rockford
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet is giving back to basketball in his hometown of Rockford, Ill. The Toronto Raptors guard has sponsored the VanVleet Court at the BMO Harris Bank Center in R...
Nov 4, 2019
Second trial underway for Raymond man facing historical sex assault charges
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A second trial got underway Monday, Nov. 4, in Court of Queen's Bench, involving a 51-year-old Raymond man, charged with a series of historical sexual assaults dating back between 198...
Nov 4, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
River otter likely snuck through open gates to get to Vancouver koi pond
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver park board official says a hungry river otter following the scent of fresh koi likely scaled a fence or took advantage of a brief opening of gates at a downtown garde...
Nov 4, 2019
Local company fined for workplace accident
REGINA -- A southern Alberta company has been fined 60-thousand dollars for a workplace accident in Saskatchewan that seriously injured a worker.Varsteel Limited of Lethbridge pleaded guilty in a Regi...
Nov 4, 2019 VarSteel - Photo credit to Var Steel Lethbridge web site
Load management still hot topic with VanVleet, Lowry logging career-high minutes
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet would prefer nobody noticed the major minutes he's been logging this season. The Toronto Raptors guard is averaging a career-high 37.8 minutes as a starter through six gam...
Nov 4, 2019
Draisaitl's OT winner lifts Oilers past Penguins
PITTSBURGH - Goaltender Mike Smith and forward Leon Draisaitl stole the spotlight for the Edmonton Oilers in a game that featured NHL superstars Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid. Smith stopped 51 shot...
Nov 4, 2019
Ontario Premier Doug Ford offers to host premiers' meeting
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has offered to host a meeting of the premiers in Toronto after what he calls a divisive federal election. Ford says he made the offer to play host for a fac...
Nov 4, 2019
A timeline of the issues around the Safe Third Country Agreement
OTTAWA - The long-awaited legal challenge over whether a deal between Canada and the U.S. governing refugee claims violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms began today at Federal Court in ...
Nov 4, 2019