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One injured in explosion at Stettler trucking company
One person has been taken to hospital in Edmonton for treatment of burns following an explosion at a Stettler trucking company on Thursday.According to Stettler RCMP, a 911 call was received around 11...
Jan 09, 2020 (Stettler Regional Fire Department)
Montreal businessman Starke frustrated by Alouettes ownership situation
Clifford Starke is happy for Montreal's long-suffering football fans but feels the CFL didn't give him a real chance to purchase the Alouettes. The 36-year-old Montreal businessman made repe...
Jan 09, 2020
Toronto FC goes local and then global in first two rounds of MLS SuperDraft
Toronto FC went local and then global in Thursday's MLS SuperDraft, choosing Canadian defender Nyal Higgins before picking players from Nigeria, Senegal and Denmark. The 21-year-old Higgins, a native ...
Jan 09, 2020
Prosecutors raid lawyer's office where Ghosn worked on case
Tokyo prosecutors on Wednesday raided a Japanese lawyer's office where former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn had visited regularly before skipping bail last week and fleeing to Lebanon. Japanese news fo...
Jan 09, 2020
Former NBA star Charles Barkley donates $1M to Miles College
FAIRFIELD, Ala. - Charles Barkley has donated $1 million to historically black Miles College. The Basketball Hall of Famer and former Auburn star told interim president Bobbie Knight about the donatio...
Jan 09, 2020
Canadian world junior players on the move ahead of CHL trade deadlines
The Moncton Wildcats showed this week they are serious about chasing the Memorial Cup. Director of hockey operations Ritchie Thibeau proved as much by orchestrating five separate deals, including a bl...
Jan 09, 2020
After a month in Australia, two Manitoba fire experts arrive home
WINNIPEG - Some of the first Canadian wildfire experts to help out in Australia are back home. Gerry Rosset and Andrew Prokopchuk, two Manitoba conservation officers, landed at the Winn...
Jan 09, 2020
Bombers' coach has sights set on winning another Grey Cup, not repeating
Mike O'Shea has moved on from the euphoria of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' 2019 Grey Cup victory. Winnipeg ended its dubious Grey Cup drought with a stunning 33-12 victory over the favoured Hamilto...
Jan 09, 2020
Official quits amid charges he paid women to give up babies
PHOENIX - An elected official in metro Phoenix resigned Tuesday, months after being charged with running a human smuggling operation that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to give up their...
Jan 09, 2020
La Senza to close it's doors in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat, AB--La Senza, a lingerie chain is closing up shop at the Medicine Hat Mall.According to a post on facebook, the Medicine Hat location is one of 17 stores across Canada being shut down.Me...
Jan 09, 2020 La Senza Store File