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'All Canadians stand with you:' Trudeau says crash families will get answers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's been "gut-wrenching" to listen to stories from relatives of 57 Canadians who perished in the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner in Iran last week. S...
Jan 14, 2020

Air force to spend hundred of millions more to keep CF-18s fighting fit
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more to ensure Canada's aging CF-18s can still fight over the coming decade while the country waits for long-overd...
Jan 14, 2020

Experts see holes in international flight security rules, oversight
MONTREAL - Experts say the Iran plane crash points to a glaring gap in rules around flight security, with countries lacking incentives to close their own airspace and global agencies lacking the autho...
Jan 14, 2020

Pelosi sets Wednesday votes to send impeachment to Senate
WASHINGTON - After weeks of delay and strategizing, the U.S. House is planning to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate to start the trial on ...
Jan 14, 2020

Rising energy costs lift US consumer prices 0.2% in December
WASHINGTON - Rising energy costs drove U.S. consumer prices higher in December, and American workers' earnings couldn't keep up. The Labor Department said Tuesday that its consumer price index rose 0....
Jan 14, 2020

Leafs make another blue-line move, recalling Liljegren from the AHL Marlies
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have made another blue-line move, recalling Timothy Liljegren from the American Hockey League Marlies On Monday, the team summoned Swedish teenager Rasmus Sandin...
Jan 14, 2020

Thierry Henry holds first practice as coach of Montreal Impact
MONTREAL - Thierry Henry was happy with what he saw in his first practice as head coach of the Montreal Impact today. The MLS club made international headlines when it hired the former French internat...
Jan 14, 2020

Eric Lindros, Chris Nilan, Kerry Fraser among Quebec peewee tournament invitees
QUEBEC - Some of the most controversial and detested figures in Quebec City hockey history are among the invitees to this year's edition of the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament taking pl...
Jan 14, 2020

Marc Gasol expects to return from injury for Raptors' next game
Toronto Raptors starting centre Marc Gasol expects to return from a left hamstring injury tomorrow night in Oklahoma City against the Thunder. Gasol was hurt Dec. 18 in Detroit, the same nig...
Jan 14, 2020

City looking for citizen's opinions on services and operations with satisfaction survey
The City of Grande Prairie wants to know how its citizens feel about its services and operations.The City has commissioned a satisfaction survey through the month of January, where the contracted rese...
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