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Re-energized Vancouver Whitecaps look to shake up slumping San Jose Earthquakes
Vancouver Whitecaps coach Marc Dos Santos believes the soccer field is no place for vengeance. While the 'Caps (6-12-9) certainly remember dropping a 3-1 decision to the San Jose Earthquakes (11-10-5)...
Aug 23, 2019
Trudeau vows to stand firm against 'increasingly assertive' China
MONTREAL - Canada won't back down in its defence of Canadians against an increasingly assertive China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday following another round of sharp criticism from the ...
Aug 23, 2019
Securing Olympic spot the latest test for Canadian softball squad
When Canadian softball pitcher Danielle Lawrie hits the mound this weekend, she won't be thinking about what's on the line. The squad is competing for a spot in next summer's Tokyo Olympics ...
Aug 23, 2019
Code Orange: inside a Toronto hospital's preparation for the next catastrophe
TORONTO - The warning signalling a mass casualty situation blares out from the overhead speakers in the emergency department at St. Michael's Hospital minutes before the first patient shuffles in with...
Aug 23, 2019
Greenland fallout: Trump scolds Denmark over rejection
COPENHAGEN - Escalating an international spat , President Donald Trump said Wednesday he scrapped his trip to Denmark because the prime minister made a "nasty" statement when she rejected his idea to ...
Aug 23, 2019
Highway 40 near Grande Cache to have substantial repairs
Drivers heading between Grande Cache and Grande Prairie can expect single lane, alternating traffic in the Sheep Creek Provincial Recreation Area for the next several months.The road has been reduced ...
Aug 23, 2019
Vipers begin prep for 19/20 season
With less than a month until the 25th anniversary season for the North West Junior Hockey League, the Sundown Oilfield Services Sexsmith Vipers will open up training camp this weekend.President of the...
Aug 23, 2019 (photo credit to Jeromy Corrigan)
Senate's new independence so good it should be enshrined in law: Harder
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's representative in the Senate says changes aimed at making the upper chamber a more independent place have worked so well that they should stay. Sen. Peter H...
Aug 23, 2019
Hotter, larger fires turning boreal forest into carbon source: research
Bigger, hotter wildfires are turning Canada's vast boreal forest into a significant new source of climate-changing greenhouse gases, scientists say. The shift, which may have already happened, could f...
Aug 23, 2019
People's Party outlines seats with prominent candidates in bid to enter debates
OTTAWA - The upstart People's Party of Canada is making another bid to get leader Maxime Bernier onto the official debate stage during this fall's election campaign. The Leaders' Debates Commissi...
Aug 23, 2019