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Liam Fraser bides his time with Toronto FC but believes he is ready for more
NEW YORK - Toronto FC midfielder Liam Fraser is biding his time. It's been three months since the 21-year-old last started in MLS play. He has not seen the field since in league action, making the mat...
Oct 23, 2019
Alberta education minister releases new guidelines for school seclusion rooms
EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister says seclusion rooms in schools will not be banned, but only used as a last resort when a student poses significant and imminent danger to themselves or others....
Oct 23, 2019
Calgary man found guilty in grandson's death appeals manslaughter conviction
CALGARY - A Calgary man found guilty in the death of his five-year-old grandson is appealing his manslaughter conviction. A notice of appeal filed today on behalf of Allan Perdomo Lopez says he a...
Oct 23, 2019
Alberta oilsands centre of court battle in New York
Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a closely watched court battle in New York today.The state's attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of misrepresenting the risks the operations face as govern...
Oct 23, 2019
Dog owner facing animal cruelty charges after 16 animals found in Swan Hills home
A dog owner from northwestern Alberta faces four charges under the province's Animal Protection Act after 16 animals were seized from a property.The Alberta SPCA says peace officers who searched a hom...
Oct 23, 2019 Alberta SPCA logo
United Conservatives will continue NDP's petrochemical credit program
The United Conservative government in Alberta says it will continue with a program introduced by the former NDP regime to use $1.1 billion in natural gas royalty credits to encourage new petrochemical...
Oct 23, 2019
Google claims breakthrough in blazingly fast computing
SAN FRANCISCO - Google announced Wednesday it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing, saying it has developed an experimental processor that took just minutes to complete a calculation that ...
Oct 23, 2019
Greens elect MPs in New Brunswick and B.C., but barely increase seat total
VICTORIA - Green Leader Elizabeth May says increasing her party's seat total by one in Monday's federal election is a bigger victory than it seems and should not be considered a disappointment. The Gr...
Oct 23, 2019
Calgary man found guilty in grandson's death appeals manslaughter conviction
CALGARY - A Calgary man found guilty in the death of his five-year-old grandson is appealing his manslaughter conviction. A notice of appeal filed today on behalf of Allan Perdomo Lopez says he a...
Oct 23, 2019
GP - Wapiti MLA set to deliver first budget as Finance Minister
EDMONTON - Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says the first budget of the new United Conservative government will surgically attack spending but not at the expense of essential services.Toews says...
Oct 23, 2019