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Worried Ontario father wants young daughter out of virus zone
An Ontario father says he missed his 15-month-old daughter's first steps because she is stuck in the Chinese city at the centre of a new coronavirus outbreak. Richard Fabic is hoping to get ...
Feb 01, 2020
Poland urged to end 'damaging' impasse at Jewish museum
WARSAW, Poland - Two co-founders of a prominent Jewish history museum in Warsaw urged their third partner - the Polish government - to comply with an agreement to reappoint the museum's former directo...
Feb 01, 2020
Bloomberg, Trump detail campaign ads to air on Super Bowl
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will use his Super Bowl ad to highlight his efforts to combat gun violence, while President Donald Trump will focus on his economic rec...
Feb 01, 2020
Kenin of US tops Muguruza at Australian Open for 1st major
MELBOURNE, Australia - This, essentially, was where Sofia Kenin was going to win or lose the Australian Open final: She was down love-40 while serving at 2-all in the third set against two-time major ...
Feb 01, 2020
Bloomberg, Trump detail campaign ads to air on Super Bowl
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will use his Super Bowl ad to highlight his efforts to combat gun violence, while President Donald Trump will focus on his economic rec...
Feb 01, 2020
2 charged in theft of rare jewelry from Formula 1 heiress
LONDON - British police have charged two people in the December theft of millions of pounds' (dollars') worth of jewelry from the home of heiress Tamara Ecclestone. Police said Saturday that London re...
Feb 01, 2020
Alberta Transportation still hoping to fix bumpy stretch of Highway 11 near Sylvan Lake
Despite multiple attempts to get it right, officials with Alberta's Ministry of Transportation say a long-term solution is still being looked at to fix a bumpy stretch of road between Red Deer and Syl...
Feb 01, 2020
For 'Fast and Furious' cast, Walker's memory remains strong
MIAMI - Vin Diesel says it's the spirit of Paul Walker that motivates him to continue starring in the "Fast and Furious" saga. Diesel and the cast spoke of the memory of their late screen partner at a...
Feb 01, 2020
Rebels defrost ICE 6-5 in exciting Friday night tilt
The Red Deer Rebels welcomed the Winnipeg ICE to the Westerner Park Centrium on Friday, ultimately giving the visitors a 6-5 boot out the door.The ICE's Michal Teply (20th) opened the scoring 3:51 in,...
Feb 01, 2020 (Rob Wallator/rawimpressions.ca)
US economy grew modestly last quarter against a hazy outlook
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy expanded at a moderate 2.1% annual rate in the final three months of 2019, capping a year when a weak global landscape and a sharp pullback in business investment resulti...
Feb 01, 2020