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Evacuation order over, highway open, TSB to investigate Irvine derailment
IRVINE, AB - The Transportation Safety Board will be investigating the train derailment that saw residents within a 7 kilometre radius of Irvine told to evacuate following a train derailment on the we...
Aug 04, 2019 photo courtesy Geoff Watson/CHAT News TODAY
CPC MP Deepak Obhrai passes away
On Saturday, it was announced that longtime Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai had lost his battle with cancer.Obhrai was the representative in the House of Commons for the riding of Calgary Forest Lawn. H...
Aug 04, 2019 photo courtesy Canadian press
Duane 'Dog' Chapman urges burglary suspect to surrender
EDGEWATER, Colo. - Reality TV star Duane "Dog" Chapman is calling on the person who broke into a Colorado business he owns and stole show merchandise and items belonging to his late wife to turn himse...
Aug 04, 2019
RCMP divers set to search river near Gillam, Man., for two murder suspects
GILLAM, Man. - An RCMP dive team is in northern Manitoba to conduct an underwater search for two British Columbia murder suspects. Manitoba RCMP say members of the force's underwater recovery tea...
Aug 04, 2019
US stocks fall again, joining worldwide sell-off, on tariffs
Financial markets around the world buckled Friday, and the S&P 500 was on track to close out its worst week of the year following President Donald Trump's latest escalation in his trade war with C...
Aug 04, 2019
Jocelyne Roy Vienneau, N.B. lieutenant-governor, dies after cancer battle
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Lt.-Gov. Jocelyne Roy Vienneau, the first Acadian woman to hold the office, has died after a battle with cancer, her office announced Friday. The 63-year-old native of Robe...
Aug 04, 2019
Ontario police investigate possible sightings of suspects in northern BC murders
Ontario Provincial Police have assigned a team of investigators to look into a spike in tips regarding two young men wanted in multiple murders in British Columbia. Police said Friday t...
Aug 04, 2019
One-handed Muay Thai fighter from Calgary scores impressive win in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS - One-handed Muay Thai fighter Jake Peacock of Calgary won his Lion Fight debut in spectacular fashion Saturday night, stopping American welterweight John Garcia with a head kick. The 26-yea...
Aug 04, 2019
20 dead, more wounded after gunman attacks Texas shoppers
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A gunman armed with a rifle opened fire in an El Paso shopping area packed with as many as 3,000 people during the busy back-to-school season, leaving 20 dead and more than two d...
Aug 04, 2019
Scientist says tropical fish documented by diver signal warming Atlantic waters
HALIFAX - A marine biologist is taking notice of stunning images of tropical fish photographed by an amateur diver in the warming waters off Nova Scotia's southern shore. Boris Worm of Dalho...
Aug 04, 2019