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Two dead, 30 injured in Revelstoke avalanche

Slide hits during snowmobile 'highmarking' competition

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Police investigate S.E. shooting

Calgary police are trying to piece together exactly what happened during an early morning shooting in the southeast community of Forest Lawn.

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Alleged gunmen in Edmonton shooting has a sketchy past

The man believed to have been the gunmen during Friday's apparent murder-suicide at an Edmonton car dealership had killed a man as a teenager in a Winnipeg bar fight.

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Finance Minister says Alberta is on track cut deficit

Despite the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in royalty revenues, Finance Minister Ted Morton claims the province is still on track to slay the deficit by 2012-13.

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Killer avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., had been building all season, say experts

The victims of Saturday's killer avalanche in British Columbia were caught in a snow slide powerful enough to destroy a house, one that had been building all season and lacked only a trigger, an avalanche specialist said Sunday. "All these things came together," Karl Klassen of the Canadian Aval

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Man had seconds to hug his son tight as B.C. avalanche swept over them

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - In the seconds before a wall of snow swept over them, George Hall turned, wrapped his ams around his 13-year-old son as tightly as he could and hugged him. The two tumbled together down the side of Boulder Mountain, tossed like ragdolls by the concrete force of the avalanche a

National 14 Mar, 2010 0 0

RCMP say almost everyone accounted for after deadly B.C. avalanche

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - The scope of the tragedy was still unfolding Sunday after a massive avalanche came down on a group of snowmobilers in British Columbia's Monashee Mountains, apparently triggered by three daredevil sledders who unleashed a deadly wall of snow on up to 200 people below. Some of

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World 14 Mar, 2010 0 0

Israeli leader regrets crisis with Washington, but apology gets cool reception in Washington

JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister expressed regret Sunday for a crisis with the United States over plans to expand a Jewish neighbourhood in east Jerusalem, even as American officials played down the apology and called for bold Israeli action to get peace efforts back on track. With tensions r

World 14 Mar, 2010 0 0

Iraq PM edges ahead of rival in partial election count, holds narrow lead over chief rival

BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki edged ahead Sunday in a tight race in the country's parliamentary elections after partial results from all of Iraq's 18 provinces showed his bloc leading in seven - two more than his chief rival. The early tally strengthens al-Maliki's chances of retainin

World 14 Mar, 2010 0 0

Serbia's president not opposed to Ganic trial in Bosnia in bid to defuse tensions

In a bid to defuse tensions over the arrest in Britain of an ex-Bosnian leader, the Serbian president said Sunday that Belgrade would not oppose his extradition to Bosnia instead of Serbia. Wartime Bosnian Vice-President Ejup Ganic was detained March 1 at London's Heathrow Airport on a Serbian w

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Sports 14 Mar, 2010 0 0

Spring Training Capsules

TUCSON, Ariz. - A qucik look at Sunday's spring training games: Braves 8, Blue Jays 5/HL2 At Dunedin, Fla., Joe Thurston homered and Martin Prado and Freddie Freeman drove in two runs apiece. Prado's two-run single capped Atlanta's three-run second inning against Brandon Morrow. Thurston's

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Park scores short-handed, adds assists in Isles' 4-1 win over Maple Leafs

UNIONDALE, N.Y. - The New York Islanders defied their recent history to knock off a Stanley Cup contender and a bottom-feeder in less than 24 hours. Despite having the NHL's second-worst penalty kill and third-worst power play, the Islanders killed off seven penalties and scored power-play and s

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A-10 champ Temple earns No. 5 seed in NCAA tourney, Villanova surprises with No. 2

PHILADELPHIA - Maybe Temple should have entered the NCAA tournament in a slump. The three-time defending Atlantic 10 tournament champion Owls were surprised with their fifth seed in the East Regional and will play No. 12 seed Cornell (27-4) in the NCAA tournament. Local rival Villanova shook off

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Business 14 Mar, 2010 1 27

Canadian inflation data could nudge dollar close to parity this week

TORONTO - The latest inflation data could move the Canadian dollar even closer to parity with the U.S. dollar this week after a strong employment report Friday sent the loonie surging. The currency ended the week at 98.2 cents U.S. and during the course of Friday trading came within about a cent

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Workers strike at St. Marys Cement in Bowmanville, Ont., over pension demands

BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - Dozens of workers set up picket lines outside the St. Marys Cement plant in this eastern Ontario town on Sunday over proposed changes to their pension plan. The walkout follows two months of intensive negotiations between the Canadian Auto Workers and the Toronto-based compan

Business 13 Mar, 2010 0 0

AbitibiBowater and Quebec Federation of Labour reach tentative deal

MONTREAL - An tentative deal has been reached between insolvent newspaper giant AbitibiBowater Inc. and the Quebec Federation of Labour. Details of the agreement, which were hammered out over nine days of negotiations, have yet to be released but include wage concessions. It will affect some

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Entertainment 14 Mar, 2010 0 0

Meryl Streep presents leadership award to ex-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt

It was hard to tell who was more impressed when film star Meryl Streep presented a leadership award to Ingrid Betancourt, the former Colombian presidential candidate who endured years of captivity in jungle camps. Betancourt was one of four women honoured Saturday night at the inaugural DVF Awar

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'Alice in Wonderland' extends No. 1 box-office stay with $62M, tops $200 million total

LOS ANGELES - Alice is still ruling the movie palace. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" easily remained the No. 1 weekend draw with $62 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Disney fantasy has climbed to a $208.6 million total domestically, becoming the first $200 m

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Hong Kong festival to honour Indian screen legend Bachchan

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong International Film Festival plans to honour Indian screen legend Amitabh Bachchan with a lifetime achievement award at the event's Asian Film Awards. Organizers said in a statement late Friday the 67-year-old actor will accept the award in person at the annual prize cer