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Border chaos forces truckers to wait hours, sometimes days
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - To deal with a surge of migrating Central American families, the Trump administration has reassigned so many inspectors from U.S.-Mexico border crossings that truckers are wait...
Apr 11, 2019
Toronto Raptors rebuild has taken load off all-star guard Kyle Lowry
TORONTO - Kyle Lowry pulled the microphone out of its stand, then leaned way back in his chair in a picture of nonchalance before addressing the media on Thursday. If there's a prevailing th...
Apr 11, 2019
Daisy Bates, Johnny Cash statues headed to US Capitol
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed into law a bill that replaces the state's two statues in a U.S. Capitol display with statues of civil rights leader Daisy Bates and country ...
Apr 11, 2019
Olds College Launches New Precision Agriculture - Techgronomy Diploma
Olds College to offer an exciting new diploma in Precision Agriculture - Techgronomy focused on agronomy and technology. Graduates from the Diploma in Precision Agriculture - Techgronomy will be prepa...
Apr 11, 2019 Olds College (CNW Group/Olds College)
Toronto's BMO Field undergoes transformation into a hybrid playing surface
TORONTO - Like an electronic caterpillar, a special machine is inching its way across the BMO Field pitch these days. It's going 24 hours a day stitching green artificial fibres into the natural ...
Apr 11, 2019
Town of Rocky Mountain House and Alberta firm to develop new strategy
The Town of Rocky Mountain House is moving forward with the creation of a new waste reduction strategy.This week, town council approved the idea of hiring Bluffton-based Sonnevera International Corp. ...
Apr 11, 2019
Nipsey Hussle becomes face of downtown LA on day of memorial
LOS ANGELES - Nipsey Hussle's face was everywhere outside the Staples Center on Thursday, where a mood of festival and celebration stood in contrast to the sombre memorial inside . The late rapper's i...
Apr 11, 2019
Israeli spacecraft crashes in attempt to reach moon
YEHUD, Israel - An Israeli spacecraft lost contact with Earth and crashed just moments before it was to land on the moon late Thursday, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first pri...
Apr 11, 2019
Stelco pushes PM for help in dealing with 'changing landscape' for steel
OTTAWA - Canadian steel producer Stelco is looking for more support from the federal government as the country's steel and aluminum producers grapple with punishing U.S. tariffs imposed on exports of ...
Apr 11, 2019
Officer, suspect hurt in shooting at South Carolina hospital
CLINTON, S.C. - Police in South Carolina say a shooting inside a hospital has left a police officer and a suspected gunman injured - the second hospital shooting to take place in the state in two days...
Apr 11, 2019