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Former Desjardins Group president Claude Beland dead at 87
MONTREAL - Former Desjardins Group president Claude Beland has died at the age of 87, the Quebec-based financial institution confirmed Sunday. Beland was elected to the head of Desjardins in 1987 and ...
Nov 24, 2019
Diahann Carroll’s legacy as a trailblazer remembered
NEW YORK - Diahann Carroll was remembered as a brilliant talent, a loving friend and mother and a trailblazer by the likes of Cicely Tyson, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Lenny Kravitz and more a...
Nov 24, 2019
Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy
WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Mark Esper has fired the secretary of the Navy in connection with the controversy over a SEAL whose case has been championed by President Donald Trump. A Pentagon spokes...
Nov 24, 2019
Bandits strike at businesses along Hwy. 9 in crime spree
Medicine Hat, AB - A rash of smash and grab ATM thefts along Highway 9 have RCMP on the lookout for a pair of suspects currently.The latest incident occurred this morning at the Canada Grey Motor Inn ...
Nov 24, 2019 Photo courtesy of Debmart - A pair of suspects can be seen in this still taken from the Debmart security camera.
Left foot, right foot, Snickers and Skittles — superstitions abound with Grey Cup teams
CALGARY - Football players prefer to call them pre-game rituals rather than superstitions, but some Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats players are particular about what they do in...
Nov 24, 2019
US officials: Don’t eat romaine grown in Salinas, California
NEW YORK - U.S. health officials on Friday told people to avoid romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, because of another food poisoning outbreak. The notice comes almost exactly one year after...
Nov 24, 2019
Ole Miss coach not surprised by Davis's strong start with Raptors
TORONTO - Kermit Davis didn't coach Terence Davis in his rookie season at the University of Mississippi. But he sure knows the player's scoring average from that year. "TD averaged one point a ga...
Nov 24, 2019
Kim hits the money putt to capture LPGA finale
NAPLES, Fla. - Sei Young Kim hit the putt of her life, a 25-foot birdie on the final hole of the CME Group Tour Championship to win $1.5 million, the richest prize in the history of women's golf. Kim ...
Nov 24, 2019
Alberta premier dismisses concerns over firing of election commissioner
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is dismissing concerns over a new law that fired the man who was investigating wrongdoing within the United Conservative Party. The legislat...
Nov 24, 2019
Rattlers volleyball teams close out first semester at Olds College
OLDS, AB - Heading into the weekend, the Medicine Hat College Rattlers women's volleyball team had a goal of ending the first semester with a .500 record.Leaving Olds College they did just that, closi...
Nov 24, 2019 File Photo