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Keeping Canada's power on will require 20,000 new workers by 2022
OTTAWA - Canada’s electricity providers say they need to appeal to a younger and more diverse workforce if they’re going to keep the country’s lights on. A new report on the industry...
Apr 11, 2019
Different pictures emerge of La Loche school shooter requesting youth sentence
REGINA - Saskatchewan’s highest court has reserved its decision on whether a young man who shot and killed four people and injured seven others in a northern community should be sentenced as a y...
Apr 11, 2019
Military shaves restrictions on women in uniform wearing ponytails
OTTAWA - The Canadian military isn’t letting its hair down just yet, but for the first time, women in uniform will be allowed to wear ponytails. The move, which also makes nylon stockings option...
Apr 11, 2019
Geoffrey Rush wins case against Sydney newspaper publisher
CANBERRA, Australia - Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush won his defamation case on Thursday against a Sydney newspaper publisher and journalist over reports he had been accused of inappropriate behavi...
Apr 11, 2019
Edmonton Pride Festival cancelled this year citing 'current events'
EDMONTON - The organizers of the Edmonton Pride Festival have cancelled this year’s event, citing “current political and social environment.” A letter from the board of directors say...
Apr 11, 2019
Coaldale election forum draws a crowd Wednesday night
COALDALE — If pavement pounding, door-knocking, probing queries and forum fatigue are taking a toll on some provincial election candidates, it wasn't evident at a gathering in Coaldale Wednesday...
Apr 11, 2019
South Korean court orders easing of decades-old abortion ban
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - In a major reversal, South Korea’s constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the easing of the country’s decades-old ban on most abortions, one of the strictest ...
Apr 11, 2019
UK's May faces Parliament after EU grants Brexit extension
LONDON - A clearly frustrated European Union has given Britain a few more months to find a way out of its Brexit quagmire. Now it’s up to Britain’s squabbling politicians to work out if th...
Apr 11, 2019
New Zealand's new gun laws get final assent to take effect
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand’s governor general on Thursday formally signed into effect sweeping gun laws outlawing military style weapons, less than a month after a man used such guns ...
Apr 11, 2019
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games NHL Playoffs First Round Columbus 4 Tampa Bay 3 (Columbus leads series 1-0) N.Y. Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) (N.Y. Islanders leads series 1-0) St. Louis 2 Winnipeg 1 (St. Lou...
Apr 10, 2019