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AP source: Trout, Angels close to record $432M, 12-year deal
Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12-year contract that would shatter the record for the largest deal in North American sports history, a person familiar wi...
Mar 21, 2019
River ferry sinks in Tigris near Iraq's Mosul, killing 71
BAGHDAD - A ferry overloaded with people celebrating the Kurdish new year and Mother's Day capsized in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing at least 71 people, officials ...
Mar 21, 2019
Trans woman hopes funding cut will send message to Vancouver rape crisis group
VANCOUVER - A transgender woman whose case against Canada's oldest rape crisis centre was dismissed by the courts says she hopes the City of Vancouver's decision to ...
Mar 21, 2019
Morning Lake Catch and Release Walleye Derby
The 15th Annual Morning Lake Catch and Release Walleye Fish Derby will be Saturday, March 30 from noon until 4:-00 pm. See the poster for details.
Mar 21, 2019
Excerpts from the Humboldt Broncos victim impact statements submitted to court
MELFORT, Sask. - The driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus will be sentenced Friday. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu has pleaded guilty to dangerous dri...
Mar 21, 2019
Leaders set sights on each other as Alberta election called for April 16
Alberta's NDP leader and her main conservative rival wasted no time pointing fingers at each other on the first day of the campaign for an April 16 election. Premier Rachel Notley called the vote...
Mar 21, 2019
Saskatoon MRI clinic to be a hub for research and education
When Saskatoon's first privately-owned and operated MRI and CT facility opens this fall it will fill a training gap in Saskatchewan.The James Smith Cree Nation and Siemens Healthineers Canada finalize...
Mar 21, 2019 A Siemens Healthineers 3T MRI machine. (Siemens Healthineers)
Export slump deepens for American whiskey producers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - American whiskey producers are suffering a worsening hangover from the Trump administration's trade disputes. Overall exports of bourbon, Tennessee whiskey and rye whiskey fell 11 pe...
Mar 21, 2019
Levi Strauss readies for prime time in the public markets
NEW YORK - Levi Strauss & Co., which gave America its first pair of blue jeans, is public again, for the second time. The 166-year-old company, which owns the Dockers and Denizen brands, previousl...
Mar 21, 2019
New Leger polls suggests federal Liberals lagging Conservatives
OTTAWA - A new poll conducted by Leger for The Canadian Press suggests the governing federal Liberals have lost ground to the Conservatives over the past month. Overall, 31 per cent of respondents pol...
Mar 21, 2019