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Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry named reserve for all-star game
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry was named a reserve for the NBA all-star game on Thursday, his sixth time playing in the exhibition and the most in franchise history. Lowry will join forward Pas...
Jan 30, 2020
Federal Court of Appeal to release decision in Trans Mountain challenge
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal is set to release its decision on the latest challenge of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on Tuesday. Four First Nations from British Columbia f...
Jan 30, 2020
AP source: McConnell says he can't yet block new witnesses
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. McConnell conve...
Jan 30, 2020
Estranged husband accused of killing Jennifer Dulos dies
HARTFORD, Conn. - A Connecticut man charged with murdering his missing wife amid a contentious divorce case has died following an apparent suicide attempt, his lawyer said Thursday. Fotis Dulos, 52, h...
Jan 30, 2020
Capstone Infrastructure buys majority stake in $200-million Claresholm Solar Project
CLARESHOLM, AB - A major financial transaction has taken place for a large-scale solar energy project in southern Alberta.Capstone Infrastructure Corporation has acquired a 51% interest in the Claresh...
Jan 30, 2020 Solar energy panels. (Supplied by PublicDomainPictures.net)
Americans from China virus zone evaluated at military base
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The 195 Americans evacuated from the Chinese city at the centre of the new virus outbreak are undergoing three days of testing and monitoring at a California military base to ensur...
Jan 30, 2020
Colorado baker who sparked Supreme Court case has book deal
NEW YORK - The Colorado baker whose refusal to design a wedding cake for a gay couple led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling and made him a conservative hero now has a book deal. Jack Phillips' memoir...
Jan 30, 2020
Grand Canyon visit inspired Kobe Bryant's pilot to fly
LOS ANGELES - Ara Zobayan's passion for helicopters began as a passenger, a tourist floating over the vast Grand Canyon. The freedom the man who would become Kobe Bryant's pilot felt was transformatio...
Jan 30, 2020
$11-million supportive housing project announced for Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It may be a case of deja vu, but the Government of Alberta is pumping $11-million in partnership with the federal government into supportive housing.The previous NDP government made a...
Jan 30, 2020 Local and provincial government officials announce the $11-million supportive housing project. (Lethbridge News Now)
Officials concerned rumours spreading after Canada's third case of coronavirus
VANCOUVER - A third case of a new coronavirus that's behind deaths in China has been confirmed in Canada by health officials in British Columbia, who say a man in his 40s ...
Jan 30, 2020