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Laval's Betts, UBC's Van Ryk win Canadian university sport awards
CALGARY - Laval football player Mathieu Betts and University of British Columbia volleyball player Kierra Van Ryk have been named Canadian university sport athletes of the year. Betts, a defensive end...
May 02, 2019
Ex-Obama envoy Heyman details 'ice age' with Harper over Keystone pipeline
OTTAWA - Barack Obama's former envoy to Ottawa has pulled back the veil on how the previous Conservative government of Stephen Harper froze him out over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Bruce H...
May 02, 2019
Bankruptcy of energy company may show lenders view industry differently: CAPP
The bankruptcy of a Calgary energy company that plans to walk away from thousands of gas wells may be a sign lenders are changing how they look at the industry in light of a recent Supreme C...
May 02, 2019
'People want entertainment': PAEx Summer Fair hits refresh button
Organizers of the Prince Albert Exhibition Association's Summer Fair hope new board members with fresh ideas, extensive on-site renovations, and a massive boost in their entertainment offering will he...
May 02, 2019 Prince Albert Exhibition Summer Fair. (submitted photo/PAEx website)
Veteran Toronto defender Drew Moor unlikely to figure in weekend game in Orlando
Toronto FC defender Drew Moor is unlikely to play this weekend in Orlando, according to coach Greg Vanney. The 35-year-old Moor, the quarterback of TFC's defence, has missed the last three games - the...
May 02, 2019
Conservatives seek criminal investigation of PM's trips to Aga Khan's island
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives want the RCMP to look into whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke the law by accepting family vacations on the Aga Khan's private Caribbean islan...
May 02, 2019
Cattle producer unfazed by record cold start to May
It may not have felt like it, but Prince Albert just went through its coldest May 1, in 133 years of keeping weather records.Beating out the old record of -11.7 Celsius set in 1954, yesterday's low of...
May 02, 2019 Many local cattle producers in the area are calving this time of year. (submitted photo/Jolene Billay)
Sundance Film Festival co-founder pleads guilty to sex abuse
AMERICAN FORK, Utah - A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexual abuse of a child. Sterling Van Wagenen...
May 02, 2019
Mexican band Cafe Tacvba's instruments, equipment stolen
MEXICO CITY - The Mexican rock band Cafe Tacvba said its instruments and other equipment were stolen and two crew members briefly detained in a highway robbery early Thursday. In a statement, the band...
May 02, 2019
Senate committee recommends Beyak suspension over letters on Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee recommended Tuesday that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended without pay over incendiary letters about Indigenous Peoples she posted to her website....
May 02, 2019
