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Stronach Group at centre of best and worst of horse racing
The Stronach Group isn't well known outside horse racing. In the public eye, the big players are the likes of recent Triple Crown winners American Pharoah and Justify, trainer Bob Baffert and legendar...
May 13, 2019
Garnet Ebach Memorial Golf Tournament
The SCMA- PA is hosting the Garnet Ebach Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 15 at Silver Hills Golf Resort.Proceeds go to the Share the Music campaign - Music for Children.See the poster below...
May 13, 2019
Onex to buy WestJet for $5 billion
CALGARY - Onex Corp. has signed a friendly deal to buy WestJet Airlines Ltd. in a transaction it valued at $5 billion, including assumed debt.Under the agreement announced Monday, Onex will pay $31 pe...
May 13, 2019 The Canadian Press
Correction: Houston-Missing Girl story
HOUSTON - In a story May 6 about a reported abduction of a 4-year-old Houston girl, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by Houston police, misspelled the name of the man who told pol...
May 13, 2019
PetSmart National Adoption Weekend
National Adoption Weekend is happening May.17 to 19 at the PetSmart store at 601-801- 15th St E. PetSmart Charities of Canada along with the Meadow Lake & District Humane Society and Northern Anim...
May 13, 2019
PBS film tackles Mexican Americans' role in winemaking
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - For generations, Mexican-born Gustavo Brambila's family has worked in the wine industry of California's Napa Valley in some form. He went to college on a baseball scholarship but t...
May 13, 2019
Concerns raised over cannabis and youth
The effects of cannabis on developing minds are a major issue for the Schizophrenia Society of Canada (SSC), and in particular a looming deadline in Canada's move towards further legalization.The recr...
May 13, 2019 Edible marijuana products are displayed for sale at a Weeds Glass and Gifts medical marijuana dispensary in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 1, 2015. (Darryl Dyck / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Danger subsiding after B.C. properties threatened by several weekend wildfires
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An evacuation order has been downgraded to an alert as crews in north-central British Columbia make progress battling a significant wildfire. The blaze broke out Saturday near th...
May 13, 2019
Quebec's youth protection agencies need help, managers say after girl's death
MONTREAL - Quebec youth protection managers say the province has a shortage of qualified case workers, and the system must change to meet the realities of 2019. They have issued an open letter am...
May 13, 2019
Houthi rebels claim to begin withdrawal from key Yemen ports
SANAA, Yemen - Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday began a long-delayed withdrawal of forces from the port facility in the key city of Hodeida, the group said, following the terms of a December cease-fi...
May 13, 2019
