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Downtown Red Deer Market returns for another season
RED DEER- The Downtown Red Deer Market will open for the first time this season on May 29 and will continue every Wednesday until October 9.The market provides a weekly opportunity for market enthusia...
May 28, 2019
Supreme Court rejects appeal over transgender bathrooms
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court will not take up a challenge to a Pennsylvania school district's policy allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their sexual...
May 28, 2019
Many happy returns for Federer at 1st French Open since 2015
PARIS - Roger Federer entered a refurbished Court Philippe Chatrier for his first French Open match since 2015, greeted by the sun peeking through the clouds and the full-throated support of spectator...
May 28, 2019
Donation bin death ruled accidental
MEDICINE HAT- Police say the death of a woman found in a charitable donation bin was accidental.Officers and emergency medical personnel found the unconscious woman trapped in the opening of the bin e...
May 28, 2019
Calgary woman fined for cruelty, banned from having animals
CALGARY- A city woman who wrapped a cat's head in duct tape and put the animal in a plastic bin left in a storage unit has been fined $250 and banned from owning animals for 15-years.A dog was also ab...
May 28, 2019
Supreme Court upholds Indiana abortion law on fetal remains
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is upholding an Indiana law that requires abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetuses in the same way as human remains. But the justices are staying out of the deba...
May 28, 2019
Canada to align itself 'very much' with Americans on ratifying new NAFTA: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is remaining mum on the ratification timeline for the new North American free-trade agreement but he says Canada will be aligning itself "very much" with the pac...
May 28, 2019
Canada to align itself 'very much' with Americans on ratifying new NAFTA: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is remaining mum on the ratification timeline for the new North American free-trade agreement but he says Canada will be aligning itself "very much" with the pac...
May 28, 2019
Magnitude 8 earthquake strikes Amazon jungle in Peru
LIMA, Peru - A powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck a remote part of the Amazon jungle in Peru early Sunday, collapsing buildings and knocking out power to some areas but causing only one reported...
May 28, 2019
German police: "Guardian angel" pigeon protected speeder
BERLIN - Police in western Germany say divine intervention saved a speeding driver from getting a ticket, after a pigeon photobombed a traffic enforcement camera at just the right moment. Perhaps insp...
May 28, 2019