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High Level fire evacuees allowed to go home
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Community officials say thousands of fire evacuees from High Level, Alta., as well as the surrounding areas of Mackenzie County and several Dene Tha' First Nation communi...
Jun 02, 2019
Liverpool celebrates Champions League win with bus parade
LIVERPOOL, England - Half a million fans welcomed Liverpool back to Merseyside as the team paraded its Champions League trophy through the city centre on Sunday. Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp and hi...
Jun 02, 2019
Former U.S. president Barack Obama urges Canadians to hope in 'dark age'
OTTAWA - He didn't mention Donald Trump by name, but he didn't disappoint them and told them what he thought about all that anyway. Former U.S. president Barack Obama told a Canadian audience that the...
Jun 02, 2019
Saskatchewan takes federal carbon tax fight to Supreme Court of Canada
SASKATOON - The Saskatchewan government has filed notice that it is taking its challenge of the federal carbon tax to the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Minister Don Morgan says ...
Jun 02, 2019
Two female officials get historic assignment working CFL exhibition game
It might only be a CFL exhibition game, but it will be a historic first for Emily Clarke and Georgina Paull. The two will become the first female officials to work in a CFL game when the Calgary Stamp...
Jun 02, 2019
'Unusual mortality event' declared as grey whales wash up on west coast
VANCOUVER - Canadian and American scientists will study why an unusually high number of dead grey whales are washing ashore on the west coast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says ...
Jun 02, 2019
Dwyane Wade surprises graduates at Stoneman Douglas
SUNRISE, Fla. - Retired NBA star Dwyane Wade was a surprise guest speaker Sunday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School's graduation ceremony. He led cheers and recalled how nervous he was to meet st...
Jun 02, 2019
Dwyane Wade surprises graduates at Stoneman Douglas
SUNRISE, Fla. - Retired NBA star Dwyane Wade was a surprise guest speaker Sunday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School's graduation ceremony, leading cheers and recalling how nervous he was to meet ...
Jun 02, 2019
'We are all hyped:' Toronto's Cameroonian community cheers on Raptors' Siakam
TORONTO - There was little fanfare when the Toronto Raptors chose skinny, unheralded forward Pascal Siakam in the 2016 NBA draft, but Gervais Tchinda says the city's Cameroonian communi...
Jun 02, 2019
Number of evacuees from Pikangikum First Nation hits 1,500 as wildfire grows
PIKANGIKUM, Ont. - Evacuees from Pikangikum First Nation will be taken to host cities in two provinces on Sunday while a wildfire continues to grow near the northwestern Ontario community. T...
Jun 02, 2019