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2019 Memorial Cup: A look at each of the four teams at this year's tournament
HALIFAX - It's down to the final four. A season that began with 60 eligible teams spread across nine provinces and four states competing for the Canadian Hockey League's biggest prize is down to ...
May 16, 2019
Fire advisory lifted in the County of Grande Prairie
The fire advisory in the County of Grande Prairie has been lifted thanks to the rain that has both fallen and is expected in the next few days. The advisory has also been lifted in the towns of Beaver...
May 16, 2019
NTSB: Autopilot was in use before Tesla hit semitrailer
DETROIT - A Tesla Model S involved in a fatal crash with a semitrailer in Florida March 1 was operating on the company's semi-autonomous Autopilot system, federal investigators have determined. The ca...
May 16, 2019
Head coach George Burnett still searching for first Memorial Cup title
HALIFAX - Guelph Storm general manager/head coach George Burnett won't call it the most difficult road a team has ever taken to get to the Memorial Cup. But he sure followed a much easier path&nb...
May 16, 2019
Carnival worker accused of killing 2 missing women, teen
Two missing women and a missing teenage girl were shot to death by a carnival worker who met them through the travelling show, authorities in Virginia say. James Michael Wright, 23, is accused of kill...
May 16, 2019
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign veteran punter Jon Ryan to one-year deal
REGINA - Punter Jon Ryan has returned home. The 37-year-old Regina native signed a one-year deal with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Tuesday. The six-foot, 217-pound Ryan returns to the CFL following...
May 16, 2019
Trudeau says U.S. state abortion bans are 'backsliding on women's rights'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is deeply disappointed in a "backsliding on women's rights" happening in American states moving to ban abortion access. Alabama's legislature p...
May 16, 2019
Woman tells Winnipeg murder trial drugs blossomed into romance
WINNIPEG - One of five women who lived with a man now accused of first-degree murder testified she met him buying methamphetamine but it soon turned romantic. Perez Cleveland, who is 46, has plea...
May 16, 2019
RCMP wants to see evidence that led to demise of Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - RCMP investigators say they're not sure why the Mark Norman case collapsed because they haven't seen the new evidence that led to the stay of a breach-of-trust charge agai...
May 16, 2019
CFL, CFL Players' Association into marathon collective bargaining talks
TORONTO - The CFL and CFL Players' Association are now into marathon bargaining. According to a pair of sources, the two sides met into the night Monday and got a head start on talks early T...
May 16, 2019