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Alberta to ease oil production cut again, cites lower storage levels
EDMONTON - Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta will again ease mandatory oil production cuts due to lower storage levels. The province says it will allow increased production by 25,000 barrels per day ...
Feb 28, 2019
Kids join forces to rescue eight-year-old boy dangling from chairlift in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Five quick-thinking boys are being hailed as heroes for rescuing a screaming eight-year-old child dangling from a chairlift at Grouse Mountain ski resort in North Vancouver. Video obtained...
Feb 28, 2019
Local curlers chasing Brier three-peat
A Beaverlodge product and his teammates will be looking for a Brier three-peat starting Saturday in Brandon, Manitoba. Geoff Walker and his mates on Brad Gushue’s team start defence of the crown...
Feb 28, 2019
Canadian Ben Silverman within striking distance of lead at Honda Classic
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Canada’s Ben Silverman was tied for second after the morning wave during the first round of the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic. The native of Thornhill, Ont., shot a 4...
Feb 28, 2019
Toronto man sentenced to 4 years for trying to get into Syria to join ISIL
TORONTO - A Toronto man who tried to join Islamic State militants in Syria was sentenced to just over four years in prison on Thursday after a judge found he had taken responsibility for his actions a...
Feb 28, 2019
CFL, CFLPA to formally begin contract negotiations March 11-12 in Toronto
The CFL and CFL Players’ Association will formally begin talks on a new collective bargaining agreement March 11-12 in Toronto. Brian Ramsay, the executive director of the CFL Players’ Ass...
Feb 28, 2019
National Defence lowballing cost of used Aussie fighters: budget officer
OTTAWA - Parliament’s budget watchdog says the Department of National Defence might have deliberately lowballed the cost of buying and flying second-hand fighter jets from Australia by $200 mill...
Feb 28, 2019
Amazon, wrestling with counterfeits, seeks to crack down
NEW YORK - The Carhartt hoodie that Laura Serghe bought two years ago looked phoney. And then, what was supposed to be an Eastpak backpack, arrived recently with messy stitching and a label inside tha...
Feb 28, 2019
SpaceX debuts new crew capsule in crucial test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX closes in on human spaceflight with this weekend’s debut of a new capsule designed for astronauts. The six-day test flight will be real in every regard, beginning w...
Feb 28, 2019
First Nations leaders praise Wilson-Raybould but don't take sides against Trudeau
OTTAWA - Several Indigenous leaders say former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould was deeply brave in her explosive testimony on the SNC-Lavalin affair, but they’re steering clear of criticiz...
Feb 28, 2019