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'It's too cold!' Mr. Hot Dog says no school in South Dakota
PARKER, S.D. - A South Dakota school district is using a talking hot dog to announce closures due to the extreme cold . In a video posted to the Parker School District’s Facebook page, Mr. Hot D...
Jan 30, 2019
Feds indict powerful Philly union boss, councilman, others
PHILADELPHIA - A powerful union boss with a tight grip on construction jobs in the Philadelphia region and outsized influence in city and state politics has been indicted in alleged schemes to embezzl...
Jan 30, 2019
Struggling seal pup receiving treatment after rescue off Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - A dehydrated, severely underweight northern fur seal pup is being treated at a rescue centre in Vancouver after being scooped from the waters off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. T...
Jan 30, 2019
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum buys rare 'Ritz Tower' painting
SANTA FE, N.M. - The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has announced it has purchased a rare painting of the American artist’s take on a New York skyscraper. The Santa Fe, New Mexico, museum said th...
Jan 30, 2019
Five top public servants to warn of major meddling with next federal election
OTTAWA - An impartial group of senior bureaucrats will warn Canadians if malicious actors try to manipulate the outcome of this fall’s federal election. The Trudeau government announced the R...
Jan 30, 2019
Halifax councillors join Vancouver in declaring climate emergency
Halifax has become the second Canadian city to declare a climate emergency. Council voted Tuesday to pass a mostly symbolic acknowledgment that climate change is a serious and urgent threat. The munic...
Jan 30, 2019
Let the bell ring out: Moose Jaw city council clamps clapper replacement
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A clarion call has gone out in Moose Jaw, Sask., to repair a more than century-old bell that sits atop the city hall clock tower and some day make it ring for the first time since t...
Jan 30, 2019
Andreescu, Marino, Abanda and Dabrowski named to Canada's Fed Cup roster
TORONTO - Heidi El Tabakh has caught a couple breaks for her upcoming debut as captain of the Canadian Fed Cup team. The recent breakout of teenager Bianca Andreescu has given her a bonafide No. 1 sin...
Jan 30, 2019
Canadian mixed doubles team edges Switzerland in opening draw of World Cup
JONKOPING, Sweden - Canada won two of three games on the opening day of the third World Cup curling stop of the season. The Manitoba mixed doubles team of Kadriana Sahaidak and Colton Lott downed Swit...
Jan 30, 2019
Alberta looking into mandatory school bus seatbelts; Transport Minister Mason
CALGARY — Alberta’s transport minister says the province is looking into making seatbelts mandatory on school buses. Brian Mason made the remark a day after a school bus rolled on its side...
Jan 30, 2019