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After Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. aims to clean up the earth
LAS VEGAS - After playing Iron Man for more than a decade, Robert Downey Jr. has found a real-life villain he wants to defeat: pollution. The movie star says he plans to start an organization next yea...
Jun 05, 2019
Northern Alberta residents start returning home after evacuation due to fires
Some residents in northern Alberta have started to return home after wildfires forced them to leave their communities two weeks ago. An evacuation order was lifted for residents of High Level, the sur...
Jun 05, 2019
SD57 schedules public information sessions regarding proposed catchment changes
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George School District has announced a pair of public information sessions next week regarding recommended catchment changes for Edgewood and Spruceland Traditional Elementa...
Jun 05, 2019
Oil lobby group calls for parties to campaign on regulatory help for pipelines
OTTAWA - The country's largest oil-and-gas lobby group is urging political parties to ensure their campaign platforms include support for major pipeline and LNG projects and a regulatory regime that w...
Jun 05, 2019
Thai coup leader uses ballot box to stay as prime minister
BANGKOK - When Prayuth Chan-ocha led a military coup to take over Thailand's government five years ago, he wore a dowdy officer's uniform. A five-year makeover transformed him into a politician, now s...
Jun 05, 2019
MPs across party lines call for new housing subsidy to help homeless veterans
OTTAWA - A cross-party group of MPs is asking the federal Liberals to create a new housing stipend to help thousands of this country's veterans get off the streets. The motion from Ontario Liberal MP ...
Jun 05, 2019
Newfoundland and Labrador revels in historic hockey championship
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The historic port city of St. John's broke out in joyous celebration Tuesday night as the Newfoundland Growlers claimed the first professional hockey championship in the province's ...
Jun 05, 2019
Kitten survives in zipped shaving bag found in Victoria trash can
VICTORIA - Animal control officers in Victoria are looking for a person who zipped a kitten into a shaving bag and tossed it into the trash. Ian Fraser with Victoria Animal Control Services says ...
Jun 05, 2019
IAAF ordered by court to suspend Semenya testosterone rules
Caster Semenya won an interim ruling in her battle against the IAAF when the Swiss supreme court ordered athletics' governing body to suspend its testosterone regulations on Monday, raising the prospe...
Jun 05, 2019
Liberals merge youth employment programs in revamped jobs strategy
OTTAWA - Myriad federal programs aimed at helping young people get and keep jobs are being merged as part of a revamped youth employment strategy. The changes the Liberal government unveiled Monday ar...
Jun 05, 2019