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In the news today, April 22
Three stories in the news for Monday, April 22 --- FLOOD WATERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING IN QUEBEC, N.B. More than 600 Canadian soldiers have fanned out across Quebec, filling and stackin...
Apr 24, 2019
Residents eye rising waters as Legault says new approach needed to flood relief
MONTREAL - Some 800 Canadian military personnel fanned out across Quebec on Monday, filling sandbags and aiding evacuations as Premier Francois Legault warned that climate change will i...
Apr 24, 2019
Elizabeth May's wedding dress a 'walk through a garden' on Earth Day
VICTORIA - Instead of marching for Earth Day, Green party Leader Elizabeth May marched down the aisle in Victoria's Christ Church Cathedral on Monday. May married John Kidder, a retired technolog...
Apr 24, 2019
'We want to be good neighbours:' Pot plant deals with stink at Edmonton airport
EDMONTON - A skunky smell greeting travellers at Edmonton's airport doesn't mean stinky critters are running lose in the area. The scent is coming from the Edmonton International Aiport's new neighbou...
Apr 24, 2019
Inquiry to begin into shooting death of Edmonton-area RCMP officer
ST. ALBERT, Alta. - The widow of an Alberta RCMP officer shot and killed on duty hopes politicians take seriously any recommendations from a fatality inquiry into his death. "My hopes are that an...
Apr 24, 2019
Early data suggests no post-legalization spike in drug-impaired driving charges
VANCOUVER - Canadian police say they haven't been busting many more stoned drivers six months after legalization, but they are reminding drivers to keep cannabis out of reach. The Canadian Press canva...
Apr 24, 2019
Goodrow's OT goal caps Sharks 5-4 Game 7 win vs. Vegas
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Barclay Goodrow scored 18:19 into overtime to send San Jose into the second round of the playoffs with a 5-4 win Tuesday night, capping a wild Game 7 that featured the Sharks erasin...
Apr 23, 2019
Myanmar lawmaker: 50 believed dead in mudslide at jade mine
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - More than 50 people are believed to have died in a mudslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar, a lawmaker representing the area said Tuesday. Tin Soe said three bodies hav...
Apr 23, 2019
