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  • RCMP investigate ravaged Newfoundland chlorine treatment facility

    RCMP are investigating after vandals ravaged a Newfoundland chlorine treatment facility, causing about $20,000 in damage and prompting a boil-water order for the town.Police say damage to the facility on Bannerman Lake Road in Harbour Grace happened sometime on Friday or Saturday.Const. Steve Squires says entry was gained into two of the facility's building after two doors were pried ...

  • Hockey Canada approves nationwide bodychecking ban for peewee players

    The game of hockey will soon change for peewee-level players across the country after a vote by Hockey Canada on Saturday that banned bodychecking.Hockey Canada's board of directors overwhelmingly voted to eliminate bodychecking for peewee players at its annual general meeting in Charlottetown on Saturday, with only the Saskatchewan Hockey Association voting ...

  • Family of missing Canadian hiker urges continued search in Australia

    The family of a missing Ontario man who disappeared almost two weeks ago in Australia's Snowy Mountains region is urging search-and-rescue officials to not give up, using social media to relay their message. In a YouTube video posted on Friday, Ruby Singh, Prabhdeep Srawn's cousin, made an emotional plea to Canadian and Australian authorities to not abandon their search efforts, ...

  • Jonathan Drouin named CHL player of the year

    Jonathan Drouin of the Halifax Mooseheads receives the Player of the Year Trophy during the 2012-13 CHL Awards Ceremony in Saskatoon, Sask. on Saturday. (Liam Richards/Canadian ...

  • Alberta premier meets mom of toddler killed in patio crash

    The mother of an Edmonton toddler killed when an SUV crashed into a restaurant patio last week has met privately with Premier Alison Redford. The premier and the mother, Sage Morin, met for about 10 minutes in a south Edmonton hotel suite, where the premier was attending a Progressive Conservative party convention. Morin says she and Redford spoke "mother-to-mother" about the death ...

Movie Review

Office Space

"Office Space" should have started with a brief dedication: "This film is dedicated to anyone who has ever worked in a cubicle." This film, the first live-action offering from Mike Judge, creator of "Beavis and Butt-head" and "King of the Hill," is a wry tale of vengeance against cubicle culture, and anyone who has ever worked in one will find much to laugh about. I, for one, have worked in a cubi ... ...

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  • Redford defends plan for increased PC party input

    Premier Alison Redford says her plan to get Progressive Conservative party members more directly involved in crafting government policy doesn't mean other Albertans will be denied their say. "I think all Albertans should have a say in government policy," Redford told reporters Saturday when asked about the issue at her party's policy conference at an Edmonton hotel. ...

  • Retired police officer killed in Mexico remembered as animal lover

    Chris Cvetkovic, who plays for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and runs his own animal charity, says he met Lynn Earle while volunteering at her animal rescue organization in Playa del Carmen. (Courtesy of Chris ...

  • Vancouvers three major parades could be city-funded if council approves report

    Three of Vancouver's most diverse and popular parades could become civic events funded by the city, if council approves a staff report on Wednesday. The report recommends that the annual Pride Parade, Vaisakhi Parade and the Chinatown Spring Festival Parade be moved into a new civic parades category. That means, if approved by council, much of the cost of the events, including policing, ...

  • Over 200-years-old cache of Canadian history hits U.K. auction block

    A huge cache of Canadian history, stored for 200 years in three wooden chests held at a British estate, is set to be auctioned next month in London -- a possible test of whether the controversy-plagued, funding-challenged Library and Archives Canada is still in the business of acquiring newly available treasures of documentary heritage. An extensive and important collection of letters, maps and ...

  • Canadian Graham DeLaet 1 shot back at Colonial

    Matt Kuchar made a 12-foot birdie putt at the 16th hole to regain the lead near the end of a long Saturday at Colonial, and led four players by a stroke after three rounds. Kuchar had a 1-under 69 that included some near misses and a nice par save at No. 17 to get to 11-under 199. Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., Boo Weekley, Chris Stroud and Matt Every were tied for second. When the second ...

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