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House leader says GOP agenda doesn't include Clinton inquiry
WASHINGTON - A senior congressional Republican says the GOP’s agenda in the upcoming Congress doesn’t include further investigations of Hillary Clinton. Speaking Sunday on Fox News, House ...
Nov 13, 2016
Canada loses to Spain in opening match of FIFA under-20 women's World Cup
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Canada is not off to a strong start at the FIFA women’s under-20 World Cup. The Canadian squad suffered a 5-0 loss against Spain in Group B play on Sunday at Bav...
Nov 13, 2016
'Challenging language:' Edmonton academic studies versions of 1st Inuit novel
EDMONTON - The story reaches out of an Arctic past stretching back to long before Europeans came, a world when a hunter’s fate was determined by snow and ice, claws and courage. An academic is d...
Nov 13, 2016
Red Cross funds study into how Fort McMurray wildfire affected indigenous people
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Melanie Dene still remembers the harrowing ordeal of driving through fiery hell during the evacuation of Fort McMurray six months ago with her two young daughters. The chaos of ...
Nov 13, 2016
South Zone takes a family-friendly approach to preventing addiction
SOUTH ZONE – National Addictions Awareness Week (Nov. 13 to Nov. 19) is set to highlight the dangers of substance abuse across Alberta. It’s an initiative by Alberta Health Services (AHS) ...
Nov 13, 2016
Dads on the Hill: Male MPs with kids work hard to mix fatherhood with politics
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Peter Schiefke checks his schedule carefully each week, as one would expect from anyone with a busy job, asking himself one question in particular. Will the timing of a vote in the...
Nov 13, 2016
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontari...
Nov 13, 2016
New Zealand begins rescue of tourists stranded by earthquake
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand on Tuesday began a rescue operation involving hundreds of tourists and residents who remain stranded in the coastal town of Kaikoura after a powerful earthquake c...
Nov 13, 2016
Queen leads UK in honouring war dead on Remembrance Sunday
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II led the royal family, political leaders and veterans in a solemn service to honour Britain’s war dead Sunday, as Britons across the nation paused for a moment’s...
Nov 13, 2016
Canada loses to Spain in opening match of FIFA under-20 women's World Cup
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Canada’s not off to a strong start at the FIFA women’s under-20 World Cup. The Canadian squad suffered a 5-0 loss against Spain in Group B play on Sunday a...
Nov 13, 2016