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In the news today, July 11
Five stories in the news for Thursday, July 11 --- LIBERALS NOMINATE QUEBEC ACTIVIST FOR FALL VOTE Within a few minutes of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's speech Wednesday night introdu...
Jul 13, 2019
Aftermath of Canadian submarine fire: PTSD, asthma and depression
HALIFAX - The Canadian sailors who fought a deadly fire aboard the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi in 2004 suffered from significantly elevated levels of post-traumatic stress, depression and...
Jul 13, 2019
'Frustration and alienation:' Jason Kenney tells premiers national unity threatened
SASKATOON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he still believes national unity is under threat despite two days of collaborative discussions with the country's leaders. Kenney said his ...
Jul 13, 2019
Train collision in Pakistan kills 20
MULTAN, Pakistan - A passenger train rammed into a freight train at a railway station in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 74 others, hospital officials said. The ...
Jul 13, 2019
Britain says Iranian vessels tried to block tanker in Gulf
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The British navy said Thursday it stopped three Iranian paramilitary vessels from disrupting the passage of a British oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz in a brief b...
Jul 12, 2019
Wright's grand slam highlights Mavs' 14-0 stomping of Brooks
MEDICINE HAT, AB - They may have been facing the Brooks Bombers on Friday night, but it was the Medicine Hat Mavericks hitting bombs in a 14-0 beat down on the road.Seniors Austin Sojka and Colton Wri...
Jul 12, 2019 File Photo
Fire extinguished at Redcliff Industries; cause under investigation
REDCLIFF, AB - Fire broke out in a quonset hut behind the production plant at Redcliff Industries in Redcliff on Friday night. A fire truck is pictured on the scene of a fire at Redcliff Industries Fr...
Jul 12, 2019 Firefighters respond to a fire in a shed behind the Redcliff Industries Production plant (photo by Dan Reynish)
'It's powerful': Tropical storm starts lashing Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS - Homeowners sandbagged their doors and tourists trying to get out of town jammed the airport Friday as Tropical Storm Barry began rolling in, threatening an epic drenching that could test...
Jul 12, 2019
Jim Bouton, ex-Yankees pitcher and 'Ball Four' author, dies
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book "Ball Four," has died. He was 80. Bouton's fami...
Jul 12, 2019
Jim Bouton, former pitcher, "Ball Four" author, dies at 80
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book "Ball Four," has died. He was 80. Bouton's fami...
Jul 12, 2019