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Study says women are underrepresented in top animation jobs
LOS ANGELES - Women make up roughly half of all executives in animation, but a study released Monday says the numbers fall significantly when it comes to female directors and other leadership roles in...
Jun 10, 2019
Prince Philip marks 98th birthday in private
LONDON - Senior royals are congratulating Prince Philip as the husband of Queen Elizabeth II celebrates his 98th birthday in private. In a tweet Monday, the royal family wished Philip "a very happy" b...
Jun 10, 2019
Government: 95 dead in latest massacre to hit central Mali
BAMAKO, Mali - Unknown assailants killed at least 95 people in an ethnic Dogon village overnight in the latest massacre to destabilize central Mali, a government official said Monday. There was no imm...
Jun 10, 2019
Southwest Alberta ranch signs Nature Conservancy of Canada agreement
CALGARY - On World Environment Day (June 5), the owners of Hansen Ranch, just east of Waterton Lakes National Park, made a commitment with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) to conserve its land a...
Jun 10, 2019 Hansen Ranch -Nature Conservancy of Canada -Photo credit Brent Calver
Naval War College head reassigned pending probe
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Navy says the president of the U.S. Naval War College has been administratively reassigned pending the outcome of an inspector general investigation. The reassignment of Rear Ad...
Jun 10, 2019
In the news today, June 10
Five stories in the news for Monday, June 10 --- FANS, CITIES PREPARE FOR TORONTO RAPTORS POSSIBLE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP Excitement is building across Canada for a game that could win the Toronto...
Jun 10, 2019
Fire destroys RV in Penhold
Thankfully no one was injured when an RV went up in flames in Penhold over the weekend. Penhold fire crews responded to the town's RV park at about 6 p.m. Sunday with the initial report indicating peo...
Jun 10, 2019
Thurber students to share thoughts on climate change, reducing energy consumption
In March this year, Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School won a spot at the annual Youth Energy and Climate Change Leadership Summit. Four science students were selected by lottery to go to the ev...
Jun 10, 2019
REVIEW: Netflix takes deep dive into sci-fi with "I Am Mother"
I Am Mother, the latest release from Netflix, evokes some of the greatest in sci-fi history. But does it live up to the genre heavyweights it tries to play alongside?This movie takes place in one cont...
Jun 10, 2019
Trade disruptions, taxing tech companies are talk of G-20
FUKUOKA, Japan - How to reorder the global financial system in an era of trade stand-offs and technological change held the attention of financial officials from the Group of 20 major economies on Sat...
Jun 10, 2019