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NEW BRIGDEN, Alta. — A southern Alberta community has won its fight to keep its school from closing at the end of June even though only two students attended this year.

LONDON, Ont. — Police in London, Ont., say that a device found in an abandoned home wasn't explosive. Const. Sandasha Bough says officers were notified on Tuesday morning about an item that appeared to be a small man-made pipe bomb.

ST. GEORGE, N.B. — The old white house on the hill was home to an elderly widow and her three adult sons, fondly described by friends and neighbours as a special family with a well-known connection to the town's fire department.

SASKATOON — A Manitoba grand chief says her provincial government is the most racist in Canada.

TORONTO — Canada's roster for the 2017 CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Championship has a distinctly Toronto FC feel. Eleven of coach Paul Stalteri's 20-man roster are from the TFC academy.

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. — A former patient of a Nova Scotia doctor accused of drug trafficking and fraud testified Tuesday that he did not receive pills even though records show they were prescribed to him.

OTTAWA — Guy Boucher still has a lot of questions to answer as the Senators prepare open the playoffs on home ice for the first time since 2007.

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, April 11 ——— FREELAND PUSHES RUSSIA TO CUT ASSAD LOOSE: Western countries are presenting a high-stakes ultimatum to Russia: Allow regime-change in Syria and cut loose Bashar Assad, or remain a pariah moored

SASKATOON — A relative of a man fatally shot on a farm in Saskatchewan says he and the family are struggling in the aftermath of his death.

TORONTO — Thousands of businesses in Ontario that don't qualify for a 17-per-cent cut to their electricity bills are like the forgotten middle child, a manufacturing group said Tuesday.