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Toronto Blue Jays prepared to be underestimated for upcoming 2019 season
MONTREAL - Randal Grichuk is OK with the experts and pundits who've counted out the Toronto Blue Jays this season. "It's one of those (teams) where people are underestimating the talent that we have a...
Mar 27, 2019
Swan City product wins National Championship with Minot State
A former member of the Grande Prairie Storm and JDA Kings is a National Champion.Swan City product Kyle Lipinski and the the Minot State Beavers claimed the ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championship...
Mar 27, 2019 (photo credit to the JDA Kings twitter)
Street checks should be strictly limited - or banned outright, N.S. report says
HALIFAX - A new report on street checks and racial profiling by Halifax-area police has found they have a disproportionate and negative impact on the African Nova Scotia community, contributing t...
Mar 27, 2019
US trade gap falls 15 per cent to $51.1 billion in January
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit tumbled nearly 15 per cent in January as imports fell and exports rose. Shipments of American goods to China skidded to the lowest level in more than eight years as...
Mar 27, 2019
China ratchets up pressure on Canada by suspending another canola exporter
BEIJING - China says it suspended a second major Canadian canola exporter over alleged safety concerns as the diplomatic row between the two countries deepens further following the detention of a top ...
Mar 27, 2019
Chinese student Wanzhen Lu found safe after abduction Saturday:police
Chinese student Wanzhen Lu, who was violently taken from an underground parking garage in Markham, Ont., north of Toronto on Saturday, has been found safe and in good health. Const. Andy Pat...
Mar 27, 2019
In the news today, March 27
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, March 27 --- ABDUCTED CHINESE STUDENT WANZHEN LU FOUND SAFE Chinese student Wanzhen Lu, who was violently taken from an underground parking ...
Mar 27, 2019
No guarantees in local ridings as provincial election nears
The race for the Grande Prairie and GP-Wapiti seats in the provincial election should go right down to the wire.There are many reasons why that could be the case, as pointed out by GPRC Political Stud...
Mar 27, 2019 Photo: Facebook / Elections Alberta
2020 mixed provincials start today
No, that's not a typo.It might say March, 2019 on the calendar, but the 2020 provincial mixed curling championship will start today.The host venue is Edmonton's Shamrock Curling Club.The first draw is...
Mar 27, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith
Russia savors Mueller's report but expects tensions to stay
MOSCOW - Russia savored an "I told you so" moment Monday after special counsel Robert Mueller found no collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Moscow. Government officials also dismiss...
Mar 27, 2019