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Plane pulled to surface after 60 years in Peter Pond Lake
In 1959, a pilot and conservation officer flying from Buffalo Narrows to La Loche were killed when the floatplane they were in crashed in Peter Pond Lake.Sixty years later, the aircraft is back on the...
Apr 02, 2019 A Cessna 180 floatplane was recovered from Peter Pond Lake on March 27, 2019 (Doug Chishom/Saskatchewan Aviation Museum)
Chadwick Boseman, Kelly Clarkson, more help hype STX Films
LAS VEGAS - Blockbusters are a clear favourite among the audience of theatre owners and distributors at the CinemaCon trade convention for a simple reason: They're the ones that make the most money. B...
Apr 02, 2019
Finally! 50 Cent sells opulent Connecticut mansion
FARMINGTON, Conn. - Rapper 50 Cent's 50,000-square-foot mansion in Connecticut that first went on the market 12 years ago has finally sold at a fraction of the original asking price. Jennifer Leahy, a...
Apr 02, 2019
Another Texas chemical fire kills 1 worker, injures 2
HOUSTON - A tank holding a flammable chemical caught fire at a Texas plant Tuesday, killing one worker, critically injuring two others and sending other panicked employees fleeing over a fence to safe...
Apr 02, 2019
Cougar attacks seven-year-old boy in B.C., mother pries its jaw open
LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. - The father of a seven-year-old boy who was attacked by a cougar in a small lakeside community on Vancouver Island is crediting his wife's quick actions for his son's survival. Ke...
Apr 02, 2019
'I go into every tournament believing I can win': Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime
MONTREAL - After returning home following an impressive performance at last week's Miami Open, 18-year-old Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime said Tuesday his success this ...
Apr 02, 2019
Sweden drops 6-5 decision to Scotland for first loss at world men's curling
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Sweden's Niklas Edin suffered his first loss at the world men's curling championship on Tuesday morning. The defending champion dropped a 6-5 decision to Scotland's ...
Apr 02, 2019
Justice minister troubled by calls for conscientious objection to religious symbols ban
Quebec's justice minister says she finds it troubling that some opponents to the province's proposed secularism law restricting the wearing of religious symbols are suggesting...
Apr 02, 2019
Jody Wilson-Raybould's letter to the Liberal caucus
OTTAWA - As federal Liberal MPs prepared to debate whether former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould and former health minister Jane Philpott should stay in their caucus, Wilson-Raybould ...
Apr 02, 2019
Veteran linebacker Ball isn't stressing about still being a CFL free agent
Marcus Ball isn't stressing about his first foray into CFL free agency. The veteran linebacker still remains unsigned nearly two months after hitting the free-agent market. But the 31-year-o...
Apr 02, 2019