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Animal rescue society creates species sponsorship for holiday fundraising campaign  

The Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society is trying something new this year to raise funds and has launched a unique program to help support initiatives to treat injured and orphaned wildlife. The society provides medical treatment and care for over 2500 wild animals each year and has set a holiday fundraising goal of $10,000 this year. The animal care facility has started a Sponsor a Species campaign and created trading cards of some of its more popular patients for people to purchase or pass on as a gift. “So the card Read More  

               

Michael Redhill, Bellevue Square author, wins Giller Book Prize – Entertainment  

CBC News Michael Redhill has won the Giller Prize, Canada’s richest literary award, for his novel Bellevue Square. Redhill was named winner of the $100,000 honour at a televised Toronto gala Monday night, the first Giller Prize awarded since the death of founder Jack Rabinovitch in August. Bellevue Square tells the story of a woman who tries to track down her doppelganger following rumours that someone who looks like her hangs out at Bellevue Square, a park in Toronto’s Kensington Market. Redhill will be interviewed on CBC Radio’s q Tuesday morning. This year’s shortlist included first-time Read More  

               

Stampeders advance to Grey Cup with 32-28 win over Edmonton Eskimos  

Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press Published Sunday, November 19, 2017 8:04PM EST Last Updated Sunday, November 19, 2017 10:57PM EST CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders will get their shot at Grey Cup redemption. Calgary advanced to the CFL’s championship game for a second straight year Sunday by downing the visiting Edmonton Eskimos 32-28 in the West Division final. The Stampeders, whose 13-4-1 regular-season record was the league’s best, will face the Toronto Argonauts next Sunday in Ottawa for the title. The Argonauts (9-9) beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 25-21 in Sunday’s Read More  

               

5-year-old girl allegedly attacked by German shepherd  

A little girl in Ontario continues to recover after an alleged dog attack by one of the neighbour’s pets. The family of five-year-old Madalyn Barclay says the little girl was attacked by a German shepherd mix while playing at a neighbour’s house in Bradford, Ont., roughly 70 kilometres north of Toronto. Bobbi Stickwood, Madalyn’s mother, told CTV Toronto the alleged attack happened 10 days ago when her daughter had been visiting the friend’s house. “We brought her back with a rag on her face and I knew it was really Read More  

               

Man arrested following series of break-and-enters in Brant  

A 28-year-old man has been arrested following a series of break and enters in the County of Brant. Police said Michael Anderson of Brantford was arrested in relation to a series of vehicle entries, car thefts, and break and enters in the Oakland/Scotland area of the County of Brant. Anderson has been charged with a string of charges including possession of stolen credit cards, theft and break and enter. Samantha Laughlin, 23, was also charged in connection to the incident. The Brantford woman has been charged with obstructing justice and Read More  

               

Tesla unveils electric big-rig truck, record-fast Roadster – Technology & Science  

Reuters Tesla Inc. upstaged its own debut of an electric heavy duty truck on Thursday when a red Roadster pulled out of the big rig’s trailer and chief executive Elon Musk said the new $200,000 sports car would be the fastest production car ever. The showmanship wowed the crowd although some analysts’ heads started throbbing at the variety of new projects launched as the company is struggling to produce the more affordable sedan upon which its future depends. As the presentation appeared to end, the Tesla Semi opened its trailer, and Read More  

               

Review board orders B.C. man who killed kids to remain in custody  

VANCOUVER — A panel has decided against changing custodial conditions for a British Columbia man who killed his three children during a psychotic break. The B.C. Review Board released its decision on Friday, following an annual review of Allan Schoenborn’s case. It says the 49-year-old must stay at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam, but could be allowed escorted visits into the community. Schoenborn was found guilty of stabbing his daughter and smothering his sons in their home in Merritt in April 2008, but a judge later ruled he was Read More  

               

Rocky Mountain House man charged following RCMP investigation into sexualized chats with preteen  

A 30-year-old man has been arrested and charged after the parents of a 12-year-old girl discovered explicit chats and photos and contacted RCMP. According to RCMP officials, the parents of the preteen made the disturbing discovery in August of this year and notified the authorities. An investigation was conducted by members of the Rocky Mountain House RCMP detachment and the Internet Child Exploitation unit of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) and a suspect was identified. On November 16, 30-year-old Tyler James Cumberland was arrested. According to RCMP, Cumberland Read More  

               

Charge against man accused in Simon Grant death stayed  

A charge against a man arrested after the death of a La Ronge restaurant owner has been stayed. The accessory to murder after the fact charge — the lone charge laid against a 19-year-old in connection with the death — was stayed Thursday in La Ronge Provincial Court. The man was one of four people arrested following the Apr. 17 death of Louisiana’s Bar B Que owner Simon Grant. The other three, 19-year-old Austin Bird and two youth, were charged with second-degree murder. Bird pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, Read More  

               

N.S. veteran claims Ottawa isn’t helping him make ends meet  

A Nova Scotia man who served for almost 20 years in the navy says he doesn’t know how he’s supposed to make ends meet with the pension he’s receiving. An on-duty incident in Barbados in the mid 90s left Bill MacKay with several injuries. The Department of National Defence acknowledges the incident happened, but says a neck injury MacKay isn’t because of that. “I have got a steel plate that keeps your vertebrae from shifting and four screws,” says MacKay. “I’ve got osteoarthritis really bad in the neck and in Read More