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Lethbridge-East MLA defends provincial funding record
A local member of the Alberta Government says the province has provided significant amounts of funding to Lethbridge over the last couple of years.Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf is responding to a...
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From rivalries rekindled to superstars returning, five highlights from NHL schedule
From the renewal of intense rivalries to superstars returning to their former home bases, the release of a new NHL regular-season schedule always foreshadows some of the upcoming campaign's spiciest s...
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CFL lifts Shawn Lemon’s gambling suspension; veteran spotted at Alouettes facility
TORONTO - Shawn Lemon can resume his CFL career, and a return to the Montreal Alouettes appears imminent. The CFL reinstated the veteran defensive lineman with conditions Wednesday. Lemon, 36, was sus...
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Smog episodes accumulate and have long-term health effects: Quebec doctors group
MONTREAL - A group of Quebec doctors is warning that poor air quality can cause long-term adverse health effects. The Quebec chapter of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment also ...
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Montreal police search for man who vanished while in distress in St. Lawrence River
MONTREAL - Montreal police say they are looking for a 32-year-old man who may have drowned in the St. Lawrence River. Police divers today searched the water off the southwestern borough of Verdun. The...
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Montreal's Trudeau airport to undergo $10-billion transformation over next decade
MONTRAL - The Montreal-Trudeau International Airport and surrounding area is set to undergo a $10-billion transformation over the next decade. The airport authority for the greater Montreal area says ...
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First Nations chiefs worry Bills 5 and C-5 will enable environmental destruction
TORONTO - First Nations chiefs behind a legal challenge to a pair of federal and provincial laws meant to fast-track infrastructure projects say they are turning to the courts because they worry the l...
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New execution date set for Texas man Robert Roberson in shaken baby syndrome case
HOUSTON (AP) - A judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a Texas man who won a last-minute reprieve last year and could become the first person in the U.S. to be put to death ...
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Feds charge 3 current or former Louisiana police chiefs in an alleged visa fraud scheme
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Federal authorities said Wednesday that they charged three current or former Louisiana police chiefs with taking hundreds of bribes in exchange for filing false police reports ...
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Wayne Thomas, ex-NHL goalie, assistant and executive dies at 77
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Former NHL goaltender Wayne Thomas, who went on to have a lengthy career in hockey as a coach and an executive, has died from cancer. He was 77. A spokesperson for the San Jose...
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