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Climate is changing. Investing needs to, too, says BlackRock
NEW YORK - A changing climate means dramatic risks for the world - and for investments too, the chief of the world's largest investment manager said Tuesday. To prepare for and protect against those r...
Jan 16, 2020
Federal government to spend hundred of millions more to keep CF-18s fighting fit
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more to ensure Canada's aging CF-18s can still fight while the country waits for replacement jets, which were...
Jan 16, 2020
Canada's nuclear watchdog eyes lessons from Boeing 737 Max air crashes
OTTAWA - Canada's nuclear safety regulator is looking to draw valuable lessons from an unexpected source - the recent Boeing 737 Max airplane accidents. A working group set up by the Canadian Nuc...
Jan 16, 2020
UPDATED - Natural gas explosion disrupts services to 50 Cypress County residents
IRVINE, AB - An early morning gas line explosion north of Irvine has disrupted services to 50 40-Mile Gas Co-op customers.According to Cam Klatt, manager of the co-op, the outage happened at approxima...
Jan 16, 2020
Prolific Canadian goal-scorer Evelyne Viens goes fifth overall in NWSL draft
BALTIMORE - Canadian forward Evelyne Viens went fifth overall to Sky Blue FC in Thursday's National Women's Soccer League draft. A prolific sniper at the University of South Florida, the native of&nbs...
Jan 16, 2020
Joel Waterman makes history, the first CPL player to be sold to another league
The 14th pick in the inaugural CPL-U Sports Draft, Joel Waterman arrived in the Canadian Premier League with little fanfare to most. But Cavalry FC coach and GM Tommy Wheeldon Jr. knew what ...
Jan 16, 2020
Beltrán out as Mets manager in wake of sign-stealing scandal
NEW YORK - Carlos Beltrn is out as manager of the New York Mets before managing even a single game, the latest fallout from the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal that has rocked Major League Baseb...
Jan 16, 2020
AP sources: FBI to keep states in loop on election breaches
WASHINGTON - The FBI, in a change of policy, is committing to inform state officials if local election systems have been breached, federal officials told The Associated Press. In the past, the FBI wou...
Jan 16, 2020
Over 16,000 people nabbed by RCMP between border crossings in 2019
OTTAWA - New figures from the federal government show 16,503 people were intercepted by the RCMP last year crossing between formal border points, likely to seek asylum in Canada. Those numbe...
Jan 16, 2020
Aiming to return to top 50, Pospisil feeling balanced, healthy and confident
Even though Vasek Pospisil missed the first six months of the 2019 season to recover from back surgery, the Canadian tennis veteran still feels it was one of the best years of his career. During ...
Jan 16, 2020