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Make Back to School Time Easier with a Few Simple Strategies
LETHBRIDGE – The start of a new school year can be a frantic time for both parents and kids, but there are a few strategies that can make the transition easier. Associate Professor at the Univer...
Aug 31, 2016
Teen girl charged after commotion at CNE in Toronto, fair closed early
TORONTO - A teen girl is facing charges after a commotion at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, which shut down earlier than planned on Tuesday over safety concerns. Toronto police say offic...
Aug 31, 2016
Coming home: Gordie Howe's ashes to be interred in Saskatoon statue
SASKATOON - Hockey legend Gordie Howe is coming home. A Saskatoon official says the city has received permission from the province to inter the cremated remains of Howe and his wife, Colleen, at the b...
Aug 31, 2016
Mitchell, Paredes, Toliver named CFL top performers for August
TORONTO - Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell and kicker Rene Paredes of the league-leading Calgary Stampeders and receiver Terrence Toliver of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have been named the CFL’s top per...
Aug 31, 2016
Venomous snake captured near Toronto, python on the lam in Montreal
A venomous snake that was the subject of a hunt in a wooded area east of Toronto has been captured, but a python remains on the loose in Montreal. A spokeswoman for Ajax, Ont., says the copperhead was...
Aug 31, 2016
Police shouldn't use public shaming, critics say after prostitution sting
HALIFAX - Experts in privacy and civil rights are raising questions about a police news conference that identified 27 men caught in a Cape Breton prostitution sting, saying the move amounted to unnece...
Aug 31, 2016
Jaden and Willow Smith plan to leave world a better place
NEW YORK - Jaden and Willow Smith thank their famous parents for inspiring them to change the world. The teenage offspring of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith spoke to singer Pharrell Williams recent...
Aug 31, 2016
Man freed after 1995 double-murder conviction tossed
DURHAM, N.C. - A North Carolina man was freed from jail Wednesday after a judge tossed his conviction in a double-murder case tried 21 years ago by the prosecutor who was later disbarred for lying and...
Aug 31, 2016
Husband thought storage locker where infant remains found was for furniture
WINNIPEG - The husband of a woman on trial for concealing the remains of six infants in a storage locker thought his wife was hoarding furniture. “I thought it was her father’s, hoarding f...
Aug 31, 2016
Train derailed in northern Ontario after cracked rail gave way: TSB
GATINEAU, Que. - The Transportation Safety Board says a freight train derailment in northern Ontario was caused by the complete failure of a previously cracked rail. The incident took place on Jan. 13...
Aug 31, 2016