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Kenney offers support to Fort McMurray as floods chase people from downtown
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Officials in Fort McMurray say a 25-kilometre ice jam that caused major flooding and forced about 12,000 people from their homes in the city's downtown is shrinking. B...
Apr 28, 2020
Hlinka Gretzky Cup men's hockey tournament cancelled because of COVID-19
CALGARY - The Hlinka Gretzky Cup, a tournament featuring the world's top under-18 male hockey players, has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The eight-country tournament was schedu...
Apr 28, 2020
Storybooks, radio connect kids isolated in far-flung Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - All it takes is a few words from a storybook to connect kids over the crackle of an AM radio station. It's not 1950s entertainment, but a nostalgic way children in even the most re...
Apr 28, 2020
Canada's dairy processors to lose $100M if USMCA takes effect in July: Plett
WASHINGTON - A Conservative senator says Canada's dairy processing industry stands to lose about $100 million if the new trade agreement with the United States and Mexico goes into effect July 1. Sen....
Apr 28, 2020
Howe considered person of interest in suspicious Grande Prairie death
A man wanted by Whitecourt RCMP on aggravated assault charges is now considered a person of interest in a suspicious death that occurred in Grande Prairie on the morning of April 25.Police say 39-year...
Apr 28, 2020 Telford Randall Howe is considered a person of interest in the suspicious death of a 32-year-old in Grande Prairie on Saturday (Photo: RCMP)
Reality TV star Ashley 'Minnie' Ross dies in Georgia wreck
ATLANTA - Ashley Ross of the reality TV show "Little Women: Atlanta" has died in a head-on crash on a Georgia road, police and her representative confirmed Tuesday. Ross, 34, who was known as "Ms. Min...
Apr 28, 2020
Pete Davidson's 'King of Staten Island' to open on-demand
NEW YORK - Judd Apatow's "The King of Staten Island," starring Pete Davidson, will release straight to home on-demand video after having its theatrical release cancelled. Universal Pictures said Monda...
Apr 28, 2020
Canadian MPs meet online in first virtual session of House of Commons
OTTAWA - Canada's first-ever virtual House of Commons is underway with almost 90 per cent of all MPs dialed in. The House of Commons special committee on COVID-19 is meeting via videoconfere...
Apr 28, 2020
2020 Hlinka Gretzky Cup cancelled
Hockey Canada announced on Tuesday that the 2020 edition of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, scheduled for Aug. 3-8, has been cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The tournament brings together the w...
Apr 28, 2020 On Aug. 5, 2018 Canada and Czech Republic battled in pre-tournament action at the Servus Arena as part of the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (Photo: Hockey Canada/Rob Wallator)
Kenney offers support to Fort McMurray as floods chase people from downtown
FORT MCMURRAY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he toured the damage caused by flooding in Fort McMurray and the province is ready to help.He and Environment Minister Jason Nixon went to northern Al...
Apr 28, 2020