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Vincent Lapointe cleared to return to competition by anti-doping panel
MONTREAL - An anti-doping panel has cleared top Canadian canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe to return to training and competition ahead of her sport's Olympic debut this summer The panel convened by t...
Jan 27, 2020
Transport industry urging driver safety after fatal crashes involving semis
A spokesperson for Alberta's transportation industry is reminding all motorists to drive safely on the province's highways following two fatal collisions near Red Deer this week involving semi-trailer...
Jan 27, 2020
Billboard pleas: Alberta man hopes sign will find him a kidney donor
CARBON, Alta. - The large billboard overlooking the town of Drumheller in east-central Alberta is hard to miss. Next to a photo of a smiling man in a blue shirt, his arms crossed, the sign reads:...
Jan 27, 2020
Inquiry into deaths of former soldier and his N.S. family set to begin — again
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A high-profile inquiry is set to begin today in rural Nova Scotia, not far from where Lionel Desmond, an Afghan war veteran with PTSD, fatally shot his mother, ...
Jan 27, 2020
Flags will be laid to rest at annual Flag Retirement Ceremony
Oliver's Funeral Home will hold their annual Flag Retirement Ceremony on February 13, to commemorate veterans and National Flag Day.The tradition dates back to 2015, when Liesa Peters, Funeral Attenda...
Jan 27, 2020 Flags donated for the Flag Retirement Ceremony (photo courtesy of Oliver's Funeral Home)
Court update: Trial dates set in Grande Prairie kidnapping, robbery charges dismissed in High Prairie
Alberta Justice says a man charged in a Grande Prairie kidnapping case will stand trial in February of next year.Andrew Lee Schurman's trial will take place February 9-12, 2021 in Grande Prairie Court...
Jan 27, 2020
Pregnant Canadian woman stuck in Wuhan, China, coronavirus epicentre
A teacher who is living with his pregnant wife and child in a city that is at the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak is hoping to get his family out safely. Tom Williams is a British expat who ...
Jan 27, 2020
Conservative leadership campaign trail adds one more: MP Erin O'Toole
OTTAWA - Ontario MP Erin O'Toole is expected to lay out his vision for the federal Conservative party and why he's the one to run it in an online video being released today that officially kicks off h...
Jan 27, 2020
Experts weigh in on protecting against new coronavirus
TORONTO - As Canadian health officials treat Canada's first diagnosed case of a new type of coronavirus spreading around the world, doctors are repeatedly stressing the fact that the risk of furt...
Jan 27, 2020
Ontario confirms second coronavirus case, wife of first case
TORONTO - Public health officials in Ontario are reporting a second presumptive case of the new coronavirus.They said the wife of the man who became the first case of the illness in Canada has also te...
Jan 27, 2020