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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
CP NewsAlert: Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta to ease oil production cuts
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province is easing mandatory oil production cuts as the value of oil increases. Last month, the province ordered production of raw crude oil and ...
Jan 30, 2019
Opera singer Daniels, husband arrested on sex assault charge
DALLAS - A renowned opera singer and University of Michigan professor is in police custody on allegations that he and his husband in 2010 sexually assaulted a singer in Houston. Countertenor David Dan...
Jan 30, 2019
Families of Humboldt Broncos victims share statements on how crash changed lives
MELFORT, Sask. - A sentencing hearing is being held this week for the driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu&n...
Jan 30, 2019