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City sees positive response rate for safety survey
More than 500 people from across the city provided feedback for the city's Community Perception Survey, according to a report to council from community safety coordinator Herb Sutton.Launched in Octob...
Jan 30, 2019
US charges Chinese tech giant Huawei, top executive
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Monday against Chinese tech giant Huawei, a top company executive and several subsidiaries, alleging the company stole trade secrets, misl...
Jan 30, 2019
Humboldt Broncos survivors' list of injuries extensive
The list is long, the injuries extensive and families of those who survived the Humboldt Broncos bus crash last spring say their lives have been changed profoundly.As families of those involved in the...
Jan 30, 2019
Vawn Snowmobile Rally puts 'fun' in fundraising
The second annual Vawn Community Hall Snowmobile Rally is taking place Feb. 23.Brandon Doom, a member of the Vawn Community Hall Association and organizer with the event, said the idea for the rally w...
Jan 30, 2019
'Joy sprang out of our grief:' Parents of misidentified Bronco describe mix-up
MELFORT, Sask. - The parents of a Humboldt Bronco hockey player misidentified after a deadly crash on a Saskatchewan highway say they weren't convinced the battered body lying in the funeral...
Jan 30, 2019
U.S. levels 13 charges against Huawei for stealing secrets, evading sanctions
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice laid out its case Monday against Canada's most famous corporate detainee, unsealing 13 criminal counts of conspiracy, fraud and obstruction agains...
Jan 30, 2019
Railroad settles civil suit in 2014 death of film worker
SAVANNAH, Ga. - A railroad owner has settled a civil lawsuit by the family of a film worker killed in a 2014 train collision on its tracks in Georgia, ending the company's appeal of a $3.9 million jur...
Jan 30, 2019
McGill puts off decision on changing contentious Redmen team name
MONTREAL - McGill University says it need more time before deciding what to do about its sports teams' contentious Redmen name. Principal Suzanne Fortier says in a statement t...
Jan 30, 2019
McGill puts off decision on changing contentious Redmen team name
MONTREAL - McGill University says it need more time before deciding what to do about its sports teams' contentious Redmen name. Principal Suzanne Fortier says in a statement t...
Jan 30, 2019
HFX Wanderers sign local teenager Scott Firth to Canadian Premier League roster
HALIFAX - Teenage midfielder Scott Firth has become the first Halifax-born player to join the CPL's HFX Wanderers FC. The 17-year-old previously played locally for Suburban FC and the Nova Scotia prov...
Jan 30, 2019