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Feds spent $17.7 million on advertising in lead up to election moratorium
OTTAWA - Newly released figures show the federal government set aside nearly $17.7 million on public awareness campaigns between April and June just ahead of a mandatory blackout on government adverti...
Jul 30, 2019
2 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Walmart in Mississippi
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. - Officials say two people are dead and a police officer and a suspect were shot at a Walmart in the northern Mississippi city of Southaven, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. WREG-TV re...
Jul 30, 2019
Wildfires consume large sections of Alberta forest
EDMONTON- Alberta officials say wildfires this year have burned an area larger than Banff National Park and displaced about 15,000 people.Alberta Wildfire says fires that burned between March and June...
Jul 30, 2019 High Level wildfire
Final arguments set in trial for death of child found near Edmonton church
EDMONTON- Final arguments have been set for September in the murder trial of a woman accused in the death of a toddler who's body was found outside a church.Tasha-Lee Doreen Mack and the child's fathe...
Jul 30, 2019 Tasha-Lee Doreen Mack
Calgary safety company faces numerous charges
CALGARY- The City of Calgary has laid dozens of fire code charges against a fire safety company and several of its customers.Premium Fire Protection and 10 of its employees are facing 65 charges under...
Jul 30, 2019
Trump plays up personal connection to Ground Zero
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump emphasized his personal connections to the World Trade Center site as he signed legislation Monday to ensure the Sept. 11 victims' compensation fund never runs out ...
Jul 30, 2019
Cambodia fines waste importer, sets deadline for its return
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia's government has fined a local company that imported almost seven dozen shipping containers of plastic waste from the United States and Canada, and warned that if the w...
Jul 30, 2019
Diplomats recommit to saving Iran deal, oppose US sanctions
VIENNA - Diplomats from Iran and five world powers recommitted Sunday to salvaging a major nuclear deal amid mounting tensions between the West and Tehran since the U.S. withdrew from the accord and r...
Jul 30, 2019
Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade
MOSCOW - Nearly 1,400 people were detained in a violent police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, a Russian monitoring group said Sunday, adding that was the largest number of detentions at...
Jul 30, 2019
Police fire tear gas, rubber bullets at Hong Kong protesters
HONG KONG - Police repeatedly fired tear gas and rubber bullets to drive back protesters blocking Hong Kong streets with road signs and umbrellas Sunday in another night of pitched battles as protests...
Jul 30, 2019