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Community of Allan renames skating rink after fallen Humboldt Broncos captain
The skating rink in the town of Allan now bears the name of the late captain of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team.The community gathered Saturday afternoon to honour Logan Schatz in the rink that the 2...
Mar 17, 2019 Family members of Logan Schatz were on hand Saturday for the renaming of the arena in Allan. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW)
File shows plea set for Florida man in pipe bomb mail case
NEW YORK - A Florida man charged with sending pipe bombs to prominent critics of President Donald Trump is expected to plead guilty next week. A notice entered on the docket in the case of Cesar Sayoc...
Mar 17, 2019
Golden Globe Awards to kick off awards season on Jan. 5
LOS ANGELES - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association says it has chosen a date for next year's Golden Globe Awards. The association said Friday the 77th annual awards will be held Jan. 5. The ceremon...
Mar 17, 2019
Kenney lieutenant denies running 'puppet' candidate in party leadership race
EDMONTON - The staffer at the centre of a spreading scandal over Alberta's United Conservative leadership race says party leader Jason Kenney's team did not direct and prop up a bogus c...
Mar 17, 2019
Toronto Wolfpack bounce back from Toulouse loss by defeating Batley Bulldogs
HULL, England - The Toronto Wolfpack bounced back from a lopsided loss in Toulouse by running in seven tries Sunday in a 34-12 win over the Batley Bulldogs in Betfred Championship rugby league pl...
Mar 17, 2019
Brampton family unable to identify family member during trip to Ethiopia
The Brampton, Ont., family that lost six members in the Ethiopia Airlines crash says authorities in that country have told them it could take up to six months to identify their relatives'&nb...
Mar 17, 2019
Budget to focus on affordable housing changes on supply, demand, regulation
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government will take steps in Tuesday's federal budget to make home-buying more affordable with changes affecting supply, demand and regulation, The Canad...
Mar 17, 2019
Prosecutors drop most remaining cases in fatal prison riot
DOVER, Del. - Delaware prosecutors dismissed all but three remaining cases Friday against inmate defendants charged in a deadly riot at the state's maximum-security prison. The decision came after ear...
Mar 17, 2019
Quebec students join global marches to demand climate change action
MONTREAL - A human wave of chanting, sign-waving protesters made their way downtown from the base of Montreal's Mount Royal on Friday as they joined a series of student-led marches arou...
Mar 17, 2019
Sanders gets stitches after run-in with glass shower door
WASHINGTON - Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign says the Vermont senator has been treated at a walk-in clinic for a minor injury while campaigning in South Carolina. Campaign spokesman Arianna Jone...
Mar 17, 2019