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Trudeau says up to provinces to lead on future child-care programs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is putting the onus on provinces to work out any future national child care program. During a pre-election roundtable with the Toronto Star newspaper, the Libera...
Sep 05, 2019
Calgary driver arrested in Brooks on weekend, charged with dangerous driving
BROOKS, AB - A 21-year-old man from Calgary has been charged with dangerous driving after going more than 100 kilometres over the speed limit last week.Brooks RCMP released details on the charges on W...
Sep 05, 2019
Joshua Boyle's lawyers want charge of misleading police thrown out
OTTAWA - Lawyers for former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle want a judge to toss out a charge that he misled police - one of several criminal counts he faces in Ontario court. Boyle, 36, has ple...
Sep 05, 2019
Calls for right whale protections ahead of eastern premiers, governors meeting
Massachusetts' attorney general is calling for political leaders in eastern North America to commit to stronger protections of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Maura Healey addressed...
Sep 05, 2019
Captain Tyler Ardron to lead Canada's 31-man squad at Rugby World Cup in Japan
Tyler Ardron captains a Canadian side with few surprises for the Rugby World Cup kicking off later this month in Japan. Ardron, a powerful back-rower who plays his club rugby in New Zealand for t...
Sep 05, 2019
Big spender: Alberta panel says savings to be found in health, education changes
CALGARY - A panel looking into Alberta's finances says the province habitually overspends on its services and needs to get tough on schools, have university students pay more and force ...
Sep 05, 2019
Trump again attacks 'Will & Grace' actress Debra Messing
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump is again attacking Debra Messing, calling the liberal activist and "Will & Grace" star a racist and saying she should be fired from the NBC sitcom. Messing apolog...
Sep 05, 2019
Tigers lose first pre-season game against Swift Current
IRVINE, AB - The Medicine Hat Tigers dropped their first game of the preseason on Wednesday.The Tigers were defeated 4-2 by the Swift Current Broncos at the Irvine Sports Complex Wednesday evening.The...
Sep 05, 2019 Medicine Hat Tigers logo on Canalta Centre ice - FILE photo
Rare, two-headed rattlesnake found in New Jersey forest
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - It looks like something from a science fiction movie. A newborn two-headed timber rattlesnake has been found in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. Herpetological Associates of Burli...
Sep 05, 2019
China uses arbitrary detentions as 'tool' to achieve 'political goals': Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says China uses arbitrary detentions as a tool to achieve its international and domestic political goals. He brands that as a pressure tactic that is worrying no...
Sep 05, 2019