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Companies that build temporary stages should be licensed, coroner's inquest says
TORONTO - A coroner's inquest into the death of a drum technician who was crushed when a stage collapsed before a Radiohead concert in Toronto is recommending that companies that build temporary ...
Apr 12, 2019
Chevron vaults into new league on $33B Anadarko acquisition
Chevron will buy Anadarko Petroleum for $33 billion in a cash-and-stock, energizing its deep water exploration in the gulf and in the energy-rich southwest region of Texas called the Permian Basin. Th...
Apr 12, 2019
NewsAlert: McGill to drop Redmen name
MONTREAL - McGill University has announced that effective today, its sports teams will no longer be called the Redmen. Principal Suzanne Fortier says the Redmen name is not one the university would ch...
Apr 12, 2019
NewsAlert: McGill to drop Redmen name
MONTREAL - McGill University has announced that effective today, its sports teams will no longer be called the Redmen. Principal Suzanne Fortier says the Redmen name is not one the university would ch...
Apr 12, 2019
Supreme Court upholds residential school compensation for former student
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a former residential-school student is entitled to compensation for abuse, in a decision that helps clarify the scope of appeals in such cases. The decis...
Apr 12, 2019
Bianca Andreescu won't play for Canada in Fed Cup due to injured shoulder
TORONTO - Bianca Andreescu is eyeing a return to the WTA Tour in May after a shoulder injury forced the rising Canadian tennis star to bow out of her fourth-round match at the Miami Open last month. A...
Apr 12, 2019
Alberta Election: Where the leaders are on April 12
NDP Leader Rachel Notley begins her day in Calgary for a leader's event, she travels to Canmore for a leader's event in the noon hour, and she returns to Calgary later in the afternoon for another lea...
Apr 12, 2019
Kings look back on memorable 2018-2019 campaign
If there was one word to describe the JDA Kings during the 2018-2019 season it would have to be resilient. The Kings season was a roller coaster ride which saw them begin the year at the bottom of the...
Apr 12, 2019
Europe hurt by US trade threats, central bank says
FRANKFURT - The head of the European Central Bank warned that global friction over trade - such as U.S. threats to impose more tariffs - is holding back the economy and underlined the bank's readiness...
Apr 12, 2019
Institute unveils 'Team Canada of cancer research' in city where Fox began run
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It is being touted as the "Team Canada of cancer research." The Terry Fox Research Institute has launched a new national network to bring together leading cancer hospitals and ...
Apr 12, 2019