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Colorado baker who sparked Supreme Court case has book deal
NEW YORK - The Colorado baker whose refusal to design a wedding cake for a gay couple led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling and made him a conservative hero now has a book deal. Jack Phillips' memoir...
Jan 30, 2020
Grand Canyon visit inspired Kobe Bryant's pilot to fly
LOS ANGELES - Ara Zobayan's passion for helicopters began as a passenger, a tourist floating over the vast Grand Canyon. The freedom the man who would become Kobe Bryant's pilot felt was transformatio...
Jan 30, 2020
Calgary police expanding mandatory roadside drunk driving checks
CALGARY - The Calgary Police Service says it is equipping all frontline officers with alcohol screening devices as it expands roadside tests for drivers.All drivers in the city can now expect to provi...
Jan 30, 2020
Update from the province on novel coronavirus
Alberta's chief medical officer of health will provide an update on preparations for the novel coronavirus in light of the World Health Organization declaring it a public health emergency of internati...
Jan 30, 2020 Dr. Deena Hinshaw is Alberta's chief medical officer of health
Officials concerned rumours spreading after Canada's third case of coronavirus
VANCOUVER - A third case of a new coronavirus that's behind deaths in China has been confirmed in Canada by health officials in British Columbia, who say a man in his 40s ...
Jan 30, 2020
Family of man shot dead by police wants Quebec to pay for lawyer at inquest
MONTREAL - The family of a man shot dead by police officers at an east-end Montreal apartment in 2017 is asking the Quebec government to pay for a lawyer to represent them at an upcoming coroner'...
Jan 30, 2020
Coronavirus could halt exchange trip to China for central Alberta students
The coronavirus -- declared as a global health emergency by the World Health Organization on Thursday -- may force Wolf Creek Public Schools to cancel an upcoming exchange trip to China.The trip sched...
Jan 30, 2020 Wolf Creek Public Schools Superintendent Jayson Lovell (at table, right), signs an agreement in spring 2018 that would allow students to participate in exchanges with the local school division in Guangzhou, China. (Supplied/Wolf Creek Public Schools)
Vince Carter, who turned 43 on the day Kobe died, says playing after was cathartic
TORONTO - The Atlanta Hawks gathered around Vince Carter after Tuesday morning's shootaround at Scotiabank Arena and sang "Happy Birthday" to the NBA's oldest player. Carter had actuall...
Jan 30, 2020
Harvard professor charged with hiding China ties, payments
BOSTON - A Harvard University professor was charged Tuesday with lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program and concealing payments he received from the Chinese government for research....
Jan 30, 2020
AP Exclusive: Feds backtrack on transfer of Epstein warden
NEW YORK - The Bureau of Prisons is holding off on transferring the warden who was in charge of the New York City jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. The agency said Tuesday it would defer the ...
Jan 30, 2020