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Federal government apologizes for historic sled dog killings in the North
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Canadian government has apologized for the killings of thousands of sled dogs decades ago. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett delivered the apology in Iqal...
Aug 16, 2019
Bear Creek Pool nearing completion: City
The City of Grande Prairie says the outdoor pool is now in its final stages of the commissioning process, and should be open to the public later this summer. The City says in a release that the pool h...
Aug 16, 2019
Instability, sudden changes threaten to derail Impact's playoff push
MONTREAL - A whirlwind of sudden changes and instability could derail the Montreal Impact's playoff hopes down the stretch. A week of rotten luck - including new injuries to Ignacio Piatti and Samuel ...
Aug 16, 2019
'Easy Rider' star and writer Peter Fonda has died at age 79
LOS ANGELES - Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right both writing and starring in counterculture classics like "Easy Rider," has died. His family says in a...
Aug 16, 2019
Colorado OKs electric car requirement to fight air pollution
DENVER - Colorado tightened its air quality regulations on Friday, requiring that at least 5% of the vehicles sold in the state by 2023 emit zero pollution. The state Air Quality Control Commission, w...
Aug 16, 2019
NRA wants a role when Oliver North meets state investigators
NEW YORK - A National Rifle Association leader-turned-critic is meeting with New York investigators next week, and the NRA wants to be there.a New York's attorney general's office is questioning Olive...
Aug 16, 2019
Former Alberta United Conservative candidate named new chairmen of the AGLC
Len Rhodes, a former Alberta United Conservative candidate and president of the Edmonton Eskimos, has a new job.Rhodes has been named the new chairman of the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis commis...
Aug 16, 2019 AGLC logo
For inmates like Epstein, suicide watch is meant to be short
NEW YORK - Suicide is such a constant concern at federal jails that guards have ready access to "the stick," a wooden pole with a sharpened blade at the end that's used to cut down inmates if they try...
Aug 16, 2019
LA Opera declines details on Placido Domingo investigation
SAN FRANCISCO - The Los Angeles Opera declined Friday to release any details of its promised investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against opera legend Placido Domingo, the company's lon...
Aug 16, 2019
'Naive': Police chiefs say handgun ban wouldn't stop flow of weapons into Canada
CALGARY - The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police won't be supporting a call for a ban on handguns despite concerns about gun violence in a number of major cities including Toronto. Vancouve...
Aug 16, 2019