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Students with ADHD less likely to enrol in post-secondary education, study says
OTTAWA - Students with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are much less likely to go to college or university than those with no long-term health conditions, according to a new report from Stati...
Feb 22, 2019
Canadian Premier League to play in Hamilton and Langford, B.C., on opening weekend
TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League’s opening weekend will feature matches in Hamilton and Langford, B.C. The new men’s pro soccer league had already announced its season opener - with Y...
Feb 22, 2019
AHS urging parents to get children their measles vaccinations
With recent measles outbreaks in Vancouver and Washington State hitting a little too close to home, Alberta Health Services is reminding people of the importance of getting children vaccinated. "There...
Feb 22, 2019
A look at 16 new recommendations for Ottawa on the Trans Mountain pipeline
The National Energy Board has endorsed an expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. If approved by Ottawa, the regulator says it will impose 156 conditions on the project. It has also made 16 new reco...
Feb 22, 2019
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's lawyers push for emails from Trudeau, senior staff
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s legal team is pushing for access to emails and other communications from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and senior members of his staff as the clock ticks down...
Feb 22, 2019
Over 80 teams to compete in 8th Annual Crystal Cup
The 8th annual Crystal Cup pond hockey tournament is taking place this weekend in Fort St.John. President & Co-Founder of the event Neil Evans shares how the tournament has grown over the years. &...
Feb 22, 2019
Second PED case found in Alberta
Alberta Pork says a second case of porcine epidemic diarrhea has turned up in this province. It is at a 600-head farrow-to-finish operation, but the producer group does not say in what part of the pro...
Feb 22, 2019
Celebrities, athletes, others accused of lying to the public
CHICAGO - Actor Jussie Smollett is accused of staging a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in Chicago in January in a celebrity scandal that has captured attention online and in the media. Smollett is...
Feb 22, 2019
'More than rage': How a Haitian-Canadian's message helped fuel an uprising
MONTREAL - In a photo posted to Twitter last summer, Gilbert Mirambeau Jr. sits on a couch in Montreal, wearing a blindfold and holding up a cardboard sign with a handwritten Creole message that reads...
Feb 22, 2019
Globally important fossil discovered in Prince Edward Island footprints
CAVENDISH, P.E.I. - Fossilized footprints discovered on Prince Edward Island last year have been matched with a prehistoric predator, giving the site newfound global significance. Federal and provinci...
Feb 22, 2019