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'We want to be good neighbours:' Pot plant deals with stink at Edmonton airport
EDMONTON - A skunky smell greeting travellers at Edmonton's airport doesn't mean stinky critters are running lose in the area. The scent is coming from the Edmonton International Aiport's new neighbou...
Apr 24, 2019
Early data suggests no post-legalization spike in drug-impaired driving charges
VANCOUVER - Canadian police say they haven't been busting many more stoned drivers six months after legalization, but they are reminding drivers to keep cannabis out of reach. The Canadian Press canva...
Apr 24, 2019
Goodrow's OT goal caps Sharks 5-4 Game 7 win vs. Vegas
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Barclay Goodrow scored 18:19 into overtime to send San Jose into the second round of the playoffs with a 5-4 win Tuesday night, capping a wild Game 7 that featured the Sharks erasin...
Apr 23, 2019
Myanmar lawmaker: 50 believed dead in mudslide at jade mine
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - More than 50 people are believed to have died in a mudslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar, a lawmaker representing the area said Tuesday. Tin Soe said three bodies hav...
Apr 23, 2019
Lillard has 50 and Blazers oust Thunder in 5 games
PORTLAND, Ore. - Damian Lillard hit a 37-footer at the buzzer and finished with career playoff-high 50 points to help the Portland Trail Blazers eliminate the Oklahoma City Thunder from the playoffs i...
Apr 23, 2019
Murray scored 23 in Nuggets' 108-90 romp of Spurs
DENVER - Jamal Murray's 23 points led six Nuggets in double figures, and Denver routed the San Antonio Spurs 108-90 Tuesday night to move within one win of its first playoff series triumph in a decade...
Apr 23, 2019
Japan apologizes to those forcibly sterilized, vows redress
TOKYO - Japan's government apologized Wednesday to tens of thousands of victims forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law and promised to pay compensation. Chief Cabinet Secretar...
Apr 23, 2019
UN: Pro-government forces kill more Afghans than insurgents
KABUL - Afghan and international forces had killed more civilians than insurgents in the first three months of the year, the U.N. announced Wednesday, the first time the deaths caused by the governmen...
Apr 23, 2019
Palliser breaks ground on new Huntsville School
IRON SPRINGS - The celebration, on Thursday, April 18, kicked off construction of the long-awaited replacement for Huntsville School, but the occasion held more substance than that alone.The groundbre...
Apr 23, 2019 Palliser Regional Schools
Hertl lifts Sharks past Vegas 2-1 in 20T to force Game 7
LAS VEGAS - After winning Game 5 at home to avoid elimination, Tomas Hertl vowed the San Jose Sharks would return to SAP Center for a seventh and decisive game in their opening round series with the V...
Apr 23, 2019