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Elie Saab banishes grey skies, channels '70s in Paris
PARIS - Elie Saab and Vivienne Westwood were among designers featured at Paris Fashion Week Saturday, with organizers on heightened alert as French yellow vests protesters mobilized in Paris for a 16t...
Mar 02, 2019
Family of Humboldt Broncos bus crash victim promotes organ donation
LETHBRIDGE - For Toby and Bernadine Boulet, time may pass but the legacy of their son Logan and the impact of his passing continues to resonate, in Lethbridge and around North America, thanks to his c...
Mar 02, 2019
50-plus people missing after pipeline explodes in Nigeria
WARRI, Nigeria - More than 50 people are missing after a leaking oil pipeline exploded and caused a stampede in southern Nigeria, a local official said Saturday. The blast early Friday caused massive ...
Mar 02, 2019
Canada's Benfeito wins silver in 10-metre platform at diving World Series
SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Meaghan Benfeito won the silver medal in the women’s 10-metre platform at the FINA diving World Series on Saturday. The three-time Olympic medallist was competing on her 30th...
Mar 02, 2019
Storm drop nail-biter in Spruce Grove
The Grande Prairie Storm were 1:04 away from pulling off what would have been a big, late season road win. However, Seth Fyten tied the game late in the third, setting the stage for TJ Lloyd’s w...
Mar 02, 2019
Canada's Hill wins bronze medal in snowboard cross at World Cup event
BAQUEIRA BERET, Spain - Canada’s Kevin Hill won the bronze medal at a snowboard cross World Cup on Saturday. Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle won gold while Adam Lambert of Australia took si...
Mar 02, 2019
Harvard choir that rejected W.E.B. Du Bois pays him tribute
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A Harvard University choir group that rejected author W.E.B. Du Bois when he was a student because he was black will celebrate his work through a musical tribute. The Harvard Glee C...
Mar 02, 2019
Senior Canucks advance to NPHL final, NWJHL semis kick off
They were the best team in the NPHL during the regular season, and now the Dawson Creek Canucks will try to duplicate that in the NPHL playoffs. The Canucks got a five goal performance from Brett Norm...
Mar 02, 2019
Kingsbury wins silver at moguls World Cup, Dufour-Lapointe takes bronze
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury placed second in the final moguls singles World Cup of the season on Saturday while Justine Dufour-Lapointe took bronze in the women’s event....
Mar 02, 2019
Growing support for separating roles of justice minister and attorney general
OTTAWA - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti is publicly musing about whether Canada should consider separating the offices of its attorney general and its minister of justice in the wake of the SN...
Mar 02, 2019