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Ajax escapes early Champions League exit against PAOK
AMSTERDAM - Last season's Champions League semifinalist Ajax came close to crashing out in qualifying Tuesday, coming from behind to beat PAOK Thessaloniki 5-4 on aggregate. On a night when former Eur...
Aug 15, 2019
Panel announced to review Alberta’s minimum wage
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Labour and Immigration Minister Jason Copping says an independent panel of experts will review the impacts of the province's minimum wage on the economy.It will consist of nine people...
Aug 15, 2019 Alberta legislature. (Lethbridge News Now)
Sister: Earnhardt Jr. 'safe' after plane crash in Tennessee
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. was taken to a hospital after his plane crashed in east Tennessee. The NASCAR television analyst and former driver's sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, tweeted t...
Aug 15, 2019
Sister: Earnhardt Jr. 'safe' after plane crash in Tennessee
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. is safe and in a hospital for evaluation after his plane crashed in east Tennessee, the NASCAR television analyst and retired driver's sister tweeted. Earnhard...
Aug 15, 2019
Behavioural analysis can help answer the 'why' in B.C. murders: expert
VANCOUVER - A criminal profiler says investigators should find clues about why two men might have killed three people in northern British Columbia and whether there was a leader and a follower. Jim Va...
Aug 15, 2019
Then and now: Trudeau's take over the last 8 months on the SNC Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has had a lot to say about the SNC-Lavalin affair that has turned his government upside down over the last eight months. Here's a look at the evolving narrative ...
Aug 15, 2019
CBS, Viacom to reunite as media giants bulk up for streaming
NEW YORK - The newly combined ViacomCBS will invest in more movies and TV shows and try to sell more advertising as it seeks to become a bigger player in the growing business of streaming video. Yet t...
Aug 15, 2019
Canada open to putting more limits on exports of plastic waste: McKenna
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she has asked her department to look at what else Canada can do to reduce the amount of Canadian garbage that is ending up overseas. As recent...
Aug 15, 2019
City of Saskatoon hit by internet fraud that sends $1M to wrong bank account
SASKATOON - The City of Saskatoon says it has lost $1 million in an online scam. City manager Jeff Jorgenson says a fraudster electronically impersonated the chief financial officer of a construc...
Aug 15, 2019
Ethics boss Dion's professional lifetime spent trying to make government work
OTTAWA - Mario Dion's appointment as ethics commissioner in 2017 was slammed by opposition MPs as "just ragingly incompetent and frustrating and cynical." How can we trust you, they thundered. We...
Aug 15, 2019