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Alberta investigating after medical examiner uses truck trailer for body storage
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has made changes and apologized to the families involved after video was aired of a deceased person in a body bag being manhandled outside the medical examiner's...
Sep 13, 2019
Leafs coach Mike Babcock knows he could be on the hot seat if Toronto falters
Mike Babcock is aware his seat will be a little warmer than usual this season. And if things don't go according to plan for the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, it could get positively...
Sep 13, 2019
Tentative opioids settlement falls short of nationwide deal
HARTFORD, Conn. - A tentative settlement announced Wednesday over the role Purdue Pharma played in the nation's opioid addiction crisis falls short of the far-reaching national settlement the OxyConti...
Sep 13, 2019
The Force is with him: Alberta boy gets 'Star Wars' model of his heart
EDMONTON - The Force is with this young transplant patient. Mason Thomas was six when he received a new heart at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton. He asked to see his damaged one...
Sep 13, 2019
Toronto FC looks to consolidate playoff position as familiar faces visit Sunday
Toronto FC returns home Sunday to host some familiar faces as the Colorado Rapids visit BMO Field. Toronto coach Greg Vanney will see former assistant Robin Fraser, a longtime friend and former teamma...
Sep 13, 2019
Engineers have approved a plan to begin removal of crane toppled by Dorian
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's labour minister says work will begin this weekend to remove a huge construction crane that collapsed in Halifax during Hurricane Dorian. The twisted, yellow structure is draped...
Sep 13, 2019
Boat and 26 chinook seized amid allegations of overfishing off B.C.'s coast
GOLD RIVER, B.C. - The Mounties have seized a nine-metre fishing boat and more than two dozen chinook salmon over what they say are allegations of "significant overfishing." The RCMP say the...
Sep 13, 2019
Senior football programs at Valleyview and Westsyde fold for this season
KAMLOOPS --- Two longtime high shool football programs in Kamloops won't be fielding teams this fall. Westsyde and Valleyview won't have senior teams. Jeff Sidow is the athletic director at Westsyde s...
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'We want him in the mix': Marner absent from Maple Leafs' golf tournament
MILTON, Ont. - Morgan Rielly would have liked nothing more than to tee off with Mitch Marner at the Toronto Maple Leafs' annual golf tournament. After going through William Nylander's contract impasse...
Sep 13, 2019
T. Boone Pickens, oilman and renewables advocate, dies at 91
OKLAHOMA CITY - T. Boone Pickens, a brash and quotable oil tycoon who grew even wealthier through corporate takeover attempts, died Wednesday. He was 91. Pickens was surrounded by friends and family w...
Sep 13, 2019
