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Via's case for major rail project better without Montreal-Quebec leg: internal doc
OTTAWA - Via Rail's business case for a multibillion-dollar high-frequency-rail project between Toronto and Quebec City would receive a boost if it ditched the stretch fr...
Jul 28, 2019
Police going door to door in northern Manitoba hunt for B.C. homicide suspects
GILLAM, Man. - More personnel and equipment are being poured into the gruelling hunt for two B.C. homicide suspects in the bug infested and bog strewn landscape surrounding the tiny nor...
Jul 28, 2019
Verstappen wins chaotic German GP, Vettel goes 20th to 2nd
HOCKENHEIM, Germany - Max Verstappen won a chaotic and rain-soaked German Grand Prix on Sunday, while championship leader Lewis Hamilton finished 11th and his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas crashed...
Jul 28, 2019
Feds take digital step to reshape benefits system for expat seniors
OTTAWA - The federal government is moving to trade, in bulk, information on expatriate seniors with other countries to save time and money when one of them dies. About three million Canadians liv...
Jul 28, 2019
A Tour for the ages getting its first South American winner
PARIS - A Tour de France for the ages is getting a champion of an unusually young age: 22-year-old Egan Bernal, set to become South America's first winner of cycling's greatest race when he rides to t...
Jul 28, 2019
Alberta Derby set for Sunday afternoon at Evergreen Park
The best horses in the province will embark on Grande Prairie this afternoon for the annual Alberta Derby.The derby is one of the hardest races to get into in Alberta as explained by Evergreen Park's ...
Jul 28, 2019 (photo credit to Evergreen Park)
Venezuelan Cruz-Diez, pioneer in kinetic art, dies in Paris
CARACAS, Venezuela - Carlos Cruz-Diez, a leading Venezuelan artist and a pioneering figure in the style known as kinetic art, has died in Paris at age 95. Cruz-Diez's official website said Sunday the ...
Jul 28, 2019
AP Interview: Indonesia's Widodo to push unpopular reforms
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said in an interview Friday that he will push ahead with sweeping and potentially unpopular economic reforms, including a more business-friendly l...
Jul 28, 2019
'Yes the bridges are cut': Kanesatake Grand Chief refuses talks with Oka mayor
MONTREAL - A war of words between a First Nations grand chief and a small-town Quebec mayor instigated hours of meetings Friday with federal and provincial officials, but the underlying conflict ...
Jul 28, 2019
Lights 2-0 at Provincials
The Northern Light U18 AAA baseball team is at provincials in Fort McMurray and celebrated another win Saturday. They beat the Calgary Dinos 6-2 to improve to 2-0 at the championships. Pitchers for th...
Jul 28, 2019 (Photo: Facebook/Northern Lights Baseball Academy)