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Canada pressured to match tough climate talk with leadership at key meeting
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is under intense pressure to fill a leadership void as countries try to hammer out how they will hold themselves accountable for implementing the Paris climate-change ...
Dec 12, 2018
Ethics watchdog chides capital commission CEO for 12 violations of rules
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog says the head of an agency overseeing important federal sites in and around Ottawa violated conflict-of-interest rules a dozen times. Mario Dion’s report, is...
Dec 12, 2018
$100,000 gift from the Matteottis will support Kodiaks Athletics student-athletes
LETHBRIDGE - Lethbridge College Kodiaks Athletics received a game-changing $100,000 gift from long-time booster Flora Matteotti, on behalf of her late husband Val and herself, on Tuesday, Dec. 11. The...
Dec 12, 2018
Six-year-old girl lured from playground, sexually assaulted: Vancouver police
Vancouver police say a man lured a six-year-old girl from an elementary school playground and sexually assaulted her. Police say it happened on Dec. 5 when the girl was in the playground area outside ...
Dec 12, 2018
Milk River-based trucking company closes doors
LETHBRIDGE - A trucking firm headquartered in Milk River has gone out of business. Callers to Hughson Trucking were informed by a recording that the company has closed. The Hughson Trucking website ha...
Dec 12, 2018
Schilling criticizes Ocasio-Cortez, provoking Cicilline
BOSTON - Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has gone after Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter, drawing the ire of U.S. Rep. David Cicilline. The Boston Globe reports 29-year-old Ocasio-...
Dec 12, 2018
Tagovailoa, Book highlight partially revealed CFL negotiations lists
TORONTO - Fans of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Saskatchewan Roughriders will want to keep an eye on the NCAA football semifinals. Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was one of 10 players the Ticats rev...
Dec 12, 2018
Toyota recalls 70,000 vehicles to replace air bag inflators
DETROIT - Toyota is recalling about 70,000 Toyota and Lexus brand vehicles in North America to replace air bag inflators that could explode and hurl shrapnel at drivers and passengers. The recall cove...
Dec 12, 2018
Dennis Oland murder trial focuses on his father's missing iPhone
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - One of the most baffling aspects of the Richard Oland murder case was the focus of attention at his son’s trial on Wednesday: What happened to the multi-millionaire’s ce...
Dec 12, 2018
Al Helfer, radio pioneer, wins Hall of Fame's Frick Award
LAS VEGAS - Al Helfer, who broadcast games on radio for the “Mutual Game of the Day” in the 1950s, has won the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting by baseball’s Hall o...
Dec 12, 2018