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Whitecourt RCMP nab suspect tied to two separate break and enters
Whitecourt RCMP have charged a suspect related to two separate break-and-enters in the city.Officers responded to a break and enter at the Canadian Tire on July 3, where it was found numerous tools an...
Jul 08, 2019

Wealthy financier charged with molesting dozens of girls
NEW YORK - In a startling reversal of fortune, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was charged Monday with sexually abusing dozens of underage girls in a case brought more than a decade after he sec...
Jul 08, 2019

Watson, Culling advance at Stampede rodeo
Two of the three BC Peace cowboys compting at the Calgary Stampede rodeo will advance directly to Sunday's final.Jake Watson of Hudson's Hope recorded an 84.5 in the final go round of Pool A saddle br...
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Trump ramping up criticisms of Fox, usually a friendly venue
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's latest Twitter attack on the media focuses on Fox News, although it's hardly the first time he's found fault with the network where he most often finds a friendly r...
Jul 08, 2019

Protesters target Alberta premier at Stampede over gay-straight alliances
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was met at his Calgary Stampede pancake breakfast by a handful of people voicing opposition to an education law that they say puts gay and transgender ...
Jul 08, 2019

Canadian racer Robert Wickens to drive parade lap at Honda Indy
TORONTO - Robert Wickens will get a chance to drive on a racetrack again this weekend in the parade lap at the Honda Indy in Toronto. The 30-year-old driver for Guelph, Ont., announced the news M...
Jul 08, 2019

Raonic out of Wimbledon after tough five-set loss to Pella in fourth round
WIMBLEDON, England - Three years ago in the fourth round at Wimbledon, Canadian Milos Raonic came back from a two-sets-to-none deficit for the first time in his career to beat Belgium's David Gof...
Jul 08, 2019

Veteran Matt Nichols resumes practising with Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Finally, some good news regarding a CFL starting quarterback. Matt Nichols resumed practising Monday with Winnipeg three days after being forced to leave the Blue Bombers' 29-14 ro...
Jul 08, 2019

New measures announced to protect North Atlantic right whales
OTTAWA - The federal government has announced new measures to protect North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence that have been dying from ship strikes and getting caught in fishing ...
Jul 08, 2019

Throwback Expos day at D.C. baseball game divides Montrealers — and Americans
MONTREAL - An Expos throwback day at the Washington Nationals' ballpark has divided Montrealers, with some cheering the vintage uniforms donned by players Saturday afternoon as an overdue homage and o...
Jul 08, 2019