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B.C. board launches public effort to rename school named after 'racist' federal MP
VICTORIA - A Vancouver Island school district is embarking on what could be a difficult exercise to rename an elementary school named after a long-serving, controversial former municipa...
Dec 20, 2019
Drayton Valley's Eldorado Elementary to officially close
The Wildrose School Division will officially be closing Eldorado Elementary School in Drayton Valley.At the division's December 17th meeting, the Board of Trustees decided to close Eldorado and open t...
Dec 20, 2019
Child Advocacy Centre launches 50/50 cash lottery
The Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre has launched a standalone 50/50 cash lottery.The eventual winner will take home $200,000. The same prize was part of the CACAC's first dream home lottery last...
Dec 20, 2019 Mark Jones, CEO of the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre, says their new 50/50 lottery will help fund vital programs for kids and families dealing with abuse. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
MISSING: Monica Jane Fraraccio, 54, of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP are asking for the public's assistance to locate 54-year-old Monica Jane Fraraccio. Fraraccio was last seen on Dec. 4 in Red Deer and police wish to verify her well-being. Fraraccio is d...
Dec 20, 2019 (Red Deer RCMP)
Canada won't say if U.S. agreed to suspend trade deal with China until Canadians let go
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is refusing to say how Washington responded to Canada's request that it hold off on signing a trade deal with China until Canadian pr...
Dec 20, 2019
Whoo's there? Georgia family discovers owl in Christmas tree
ATLANTA - A Georgia family got a real hoot from its Christmas tree: More than a week after they bought it, they discovered a live owl nestled among its branches. Katie McBride Newman said Friday that ...
Dec 20, 2019
Nice car! Prince Charles uses AP Cuba pic for Christmas card
LONDON - Britain's Prince Charles has chosen an Associated Press photo taken on his historic trip to Cuba for his Christmas card. The image by AP's Ramon Espinosa shows the heir to the British throne ...
Dec 20, 2019
Navy, Army probes find no racism intent in hand gestures
WASHINGTON - Hand gestures flashed by West Point cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen during the televised Army-Navy football game were not racist signals, military investigations have concluded. A Nav...
Dec 20, 2019
United pulls 737 Max until June, adding to Boeing woes
NEW YORK - United Airlines says the Boeing 737 Max has been pulled from its flight schedule until June, the latest in a string of troubling news plaguing the airplane manufacturer. The developments fo...
Dec 20, 2019
Boeing capsule launches to wrong orbit, skips space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Boeing's new Starliner capsule ended up in the wrong orbit after lifting off on its first test flight Friday, a blow to the company's effort to launch astronauts for NASA next y...
Dec 20, 2019