Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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Trudeau: Invitation should not have gone to Sikh extremist
NEW DELHI - A man who was convicted of trying to assassinate an Indian cabinet minister in 1986 should not have been invited to receptions held in Delhi, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. H...
Feb 22, 2018
Canada loses women's Olympic hockey final 3-2 in shootout to U.S
Canada's gold-medal streak in Olympic women's hockey is over. Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored in a shootout to lift the United States to a 3-2 win over Canada in the championship game at the Pyeong...
Feb 22, 2018 Team Canada during the women's gold-medal game at the Pyeongchang winter games on Feb. 22, 2018. (Team Canada/Twitter)
Tina Fontaine’s death and Raymond Cormier’s trial: What the jury heard
WINNIPEG - Jurors sat through three weeks of evidence in the trial of Raymond Cormier, 56, who has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the slaying of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine. Tina's body, ...
Feb 21, 2018 The body of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine was found in Winnipeg's Red River in August 2014. Raymond Cormier was later charged with second-degree murder in her death. (Winnipeg Police Service)
Canada’s Brady Leman wins gold in Olympic men’s skicross
BOKWANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada's Brady Leman has won gold in men's skicross at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Leman, from Calgary, was looking for redemption after finishing fourth at the 2014 Sochi ...
Feb 21, 2018
Scotiabank says pipeline constraints to cost economy $10.7 billion in 2018
Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press CALGARY - Delayed oil pipeline construction is causing a steep discount for Canadian crude prices that is costing the economy roughly $15.6 billion a year or about 0.75 ...
Feb 20, 2018
Ice dance darlings Virtue and Moir win second Olympic gold
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian ice dance stars Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have won their second Olympic title. In what was likely their final competitive performance, Virtue and Moir captur...
Feb 19, 2018
Canada’s Sharpe wins gold in women’s ski halfpipe at Winter Olympics
BOKWANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian freestyle skier Cassie Sharpe has won gold in the women's ski halfpipe competition at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Sharpe, from Comox, B.C., finished with a ...
Feb 19, 2018
B.C. challenges Alberta’s ban on wine over pipeline expansion dispute
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has launched a formal challenge against Alberta's ban on its wines. B.C. said Monday it has notified Alberta that it is formally requesting consultations un...
Feb 19, 2018
Canada’s Kripps, Kopacz tie Germans for two-man bobsled gold medal
History repeated itself for Canada in the two-man bobsled event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Canadian Justin Kripps tied Germany's Francesco Friedrich for gold Monday. The native of Summerland,...
Feb 19, 2018 (Team Canada/Twitter)
Petition wants GoFundMe to drop fundraiser for Gerald Stanley’s family
An international advocacy group says it has collected thousands of names in a campaign calling for GoFundMe to remove a page that's raising funds for Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley's family. The o...
Feb 18, 2018
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