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Million litres of crude oil released in Manitoba train derailment: TSB
WINNIPEG - Investigators say at least one million litres of petroleum crude oil were released when a freight train derailed last month on a ranch in western Manitoba. The update from the Transpor...
Mar 03, 2019
Saturday's Scoreboard
WHL Moose Jaw 4, Prince Albert 2Lethbridge 4, Regina 1Medicine Hat 3, Swift Current 2 (OT)Edmonton 7, Brandon 1Calgary 5, Kootenay 2Vancouver 5, Kamloops 4Portland 2, Kelowna 1 (OT)Spokane 5, Tri-City...
Mar 03, 2019
Senators fire head coach Guy Boucher, name Marc Crawford interim coach
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators capped a tumultuous week by firing head coach Guy Boucher Friday morning and naming Marc Crawford interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Senators general mana...
Mar 03, 2019
Washington Gov. Inslee focuses on climate change in 2020 bid
SEATTLE - Declaring climate change the nation's most pressing issue, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee launched his 2020 Democratic presidential bid on Friday with a promise to refocus American government an...
Mar 03, 2019
'I proved my innocence.' Glen Assoun cleared of murder after 17 years in prison
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man who served 17 years in prison for murder was acquitted of the charge Friday after a two-decade struggle to prove he was wrongfully convicted of&nbs...
Mar 03, 2019
Pakistan frees captured Indian pilot in 'gesture of peace'
WAGAH, Pakistan - Pakistan handed over a captured Indian air force pilot to Indian officials at a border crossing on Friday, a "gesture of peace" by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan aimed at defusi...
Mar 03, 2019
Officials say Trump overstated Kim's demand on sanctions
HANOI, Vietnam - President Donald Trump said he walked away from his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because Kim demanded the U.S. lift all of its sanctions, a claim that North Kore...
Mar 03, 2019
Saudi Arabia revokes citizenship of Hamza bin Laden
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia announced Friday it had revoked the citizenship of Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader who has become an increasingly prominent figure in th...
Mar 03, 2019
Trudeau shuffles cabinet amid ongoing controversy on SNC-Lavalin file
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ended a stormy week for his government by making a few minor changes to his cabinet to fill the void left by the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould. L...
Mar 03, 2019
Alienated: Alberta project seeks to find common language on climate change
EDMONTON - Mentioning climate change can kill a conversation. But a new Alberta project is using the topic to start one - and is showing people from geologists to farmers to environmentalists tha...
Mar 03, 2019