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Alfa Romeo recalls vehicles; cruise control can go haywire
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is warning owners of more than 60,000 Alfa Romeo cars and SUVs worldwide not to use the adaptive cruise control because it might not stop working even when a driver taps the br...
Mar 08, 2019

Manitoba Premier says tax cut will come even if opposition delays bill
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says his long-promised cut to the provincial sales tax will take effect July 1, even if the opposition delays the legislation that enacts it. Opposition par...
Mar 08, 2019
Facebook aims to reduce 'anti-vaxxer' messages, ads as part of 'safety' campaign
VANCOUVER - Facebook should ban posts by so-called anti-vaxxers in order to protect children against measles and other contagious diseases, says a British Columbia mother who launched a petition urgin...
Mar 08, 2019

Lethbridge making inroads on the issue of homelessness, but more work needed
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Experts and regional representatives from communities around Southwestern Alberta convened at Casa in Lethbridge on Friday, Mar. 8, for the Social Housing in Action's Regional Housing...
Mar 08, 2019

Dangerous road conditions prompt RCMP to re-route traffic along Hwy 2 near Red Deer
RED DEER – ***Up-DATE — 32 vehicles and 8 semis were in the ditch between Red Deer and Edmonton on Friday afternoon. RCMP lifted tow restrictions on that secion of highway at 7:30 Saturdy ...
Mar 08, 2019

Ontario nowhere near goal of full accessibility by 2025, review finds
TORONTO - The accessibility law that took effect in Ontario 14 years ago and has served as a blueprint for similar legislation in other parts of Canada has fallen well short of its goals and continues...
Mar 08, 2019

Andrew Scheer says he didn't hear pizzagate reference at Ontario town hall
ROSSER, Man. - Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer says he didn’t hear a man mention a widely debunked conspiracy theory while answering questions at a town hall earlier this week. The feder...
Mar 08, 2019
Court denies new trial in 'Serial' podcast murder case
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland’s highest court denied a new trial Friday for a man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” In a 4-3 opinion, the Court of Appea...
Mar 08, 2019
Announcer pulled from broadcast after lynching comment
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A play-by-play announcer was pulled from the broadcast of the Boys’ State Hockey Tournament in Minnesota after he encouraged one team’s fans to “get out the lynchin...
Mar 08, 2019
Avie's Flatter installed as early 3-1 Queen's Plate Winterbook favourite
TORONTO - Avie’s Flatter was installed as the early 3-1 Queen’s Plate Winterbook favourite Friday. The hypothetical Winterbook offers an early look at the 84 three-year-olds, including 11 ...
Mar 08, 2019