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Pet owner furious after new puppy, two others test positive for parvovirus
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Buying a new dog can be one of life's most joyful moments, but for a handful of local families that experience has been a waking nightmare.It all started promising enough for Karlee...
Jul 30, 2019 Photo courtesy of Ross Lavigne
Family Affair: McClintock-Rini wins silver and stepdaughter Rini takes bronze
MALA, Peru - Whitney McClintock-Rini was about three minutes in to a post-event interview when the emotion of the day really sunk in. The Canadian water-skier, her hair still wet after...
Jul 30, 2019
Montana searchers find body of missing Oregon child
MEDFORD, Ore. - The body of a missing Oregon boy whose parents died in an apparent murder-suicide is believed to have been found in a remote area of Montana, police said. Police in Medford, Oregon, sa...
Jul 30, 2019
Minnesota Wild fire GM Paul Fenton after 1 season
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Less than 15 months after hiring Paul Fenton as general manager, Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold changed his mind. Still confident he has a contending team, Leipold decided to fir...
Jul 30, 2019
Calgary city council approves arena deal with NHL's Flames
CALGARY - Calgary city council has voted to approve a financial agreement with the Calgary Flames to build a new arena. Council voted 11-4 on Tuesday to build an event centre which will be the new hom...
Jul 30, 2019 Scotiabank Saddledome in January 2018 (Photo by Charles Lefebvre)
Blue Jays trade right-hander Marcus Stroman to Mets for two pitching prospects
TORONTO - The StroShow is heading home. The rebuilding Toronto Blue Jays have traded top starter Marcus Stroman to the New York Mets for a pair of pitching prospects. The Blue Jays confirmed the ...
Jul 30, 2019
Man in custody after police find four bodies inside Markham, Ont., home
MARKHAM, Ont. - A man is in custody after police found four bodies inside a home north of Toronto on Sunday afternoon, officers announced as they combed the house for evidence and reassured neighbours...
Jul 30, 2019
'Fearsome-looking animal' discovered at Burgess Shale in B.C. national park
Researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto have uncovered fossils of a large predatory species in 506 million-year-old rocks in the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia. The spe...
Jul 30, 2019
Producer of 1969's Woodstock calls it a lesson in community
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - A producer of the 1969 Woodstock festival says he's come to appreciate how a community can be born of difficulty. Joel Rosenman said Tuesday he was so immersed in pulling off t...
Jul 30, 2019
Trump 'rodent' tweets ring true at Kushner-owned apartments
BALTIMORE - Davon Jones doesn't have to look far to see the irony in President Donald Trump's tweets that Baltimore is a "rat and rodent infested mess." His apartment owned by thepresident's son-in-la...
Jul 30, 2019