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Quebec's Pelletier leads 'farthest exploration of any planetary body in history'
MONTREAL - Frederic Pelletier is boldly predicting he and his team will get the New Horizons spacecraft exactly where it should be on New Year’s Day - 1.6 billion kilometres beyond Pluto to rend...
Dec 28, 2018
Apple trees from Isaac Newton's bring 'magic' to universities around the world
VANCOUVER - On a cold, sunny day in December, Jean-Michel Poutissou paused to admire the six apple trees that he once fought to save. Poutissou came to Vancouver in October 1972 when the trees on the ...
Dec 28, 2018
CARTOON 12-28-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 12-28-2018
Dec 28, 2018
Roiled in oil: Alberta votes in 2019 as energy issues, Trudeau dominate debate
EDMONTON - The year 2019 will decide whether Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP gets to finish the job of getting more oil to market or become the first party in provincial history to be one and done. ...
Dec 28, 2018
Vancouver gets first licensed pot shop as B.C. lags behind other provinces
VANCOUVER - A licensed marijuana store is set to open in Vancouver as the number of legal pot shops in British Columbia still lags behind other provinces. Evergreen Cannabis owner Mike Babins said the...
Dec 28, 2018
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games (All Times Eastern) 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship At Vancouver Russia 4, Denmark 0 Canada 3, Switzerland 2 At Victoria Sweden 5, Slovakia 2 Finland 5, Kazakhstan 0 —...
Dec 27, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Thursday’s Games (All Times Eastern) 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship At Vancouver Russia 4, Denmark 0 Canada 3, Switzerland 2 At Victoria Sweden 5, Slovakia 2 Finland 5, Kazakhstan 0 —...
Dec 27, 2018
Japan falls, other Asian stocks gain after Wall Street rally
BEIJING - Most Asian stock markets gained Friday while Japan edged down following Wall Street’s rally at the end of a turbulent week. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.4 per cen...
Dec 27, 2018
H1N1 cases increasing in Alberta
MEDICINE HAT — As the winter drags on. the flu season keeps getting mentioned less, until it ends in March. However, influenza hasn't slowed down, in fact, the number of people hospitalized in t...
Dec 27, 2018
Canucks score four goals on first six shots to cruise past Oilers for 4-2 win
EDMONTON - The Vancouver Canucks have climbed back to .500, but head coach Travis Green isn’t satisfied yet. Elias Pettersson and Antoine Roussel each had a goal and an assist as the Vancouver C...
Dec 27, 2018