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Botswana decriminalizes gay sex in landmark Africa case
JOHANNESBURG - Botswana became the latest country to decriminalize gay sex on Tuesday in a landmark case for Africa when the High Court rejected as unconstitutional sections of the penal code punishin...
Jun 11, 2019
RCMP officer charged with assault
SLAVE LAKE- An RCMP officer is accused of beating up a man while he was under arrest at the Slave Lake detachment in September 2017.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says the Mountie had take...
Jun 11, 2019
Helping First Nations invest in energy projects
EDMONTON- Alberta will bring in legislation this fall to create a Crown corporation backstopped by $1,000,000,000 to help First Nations invest in major energy projects like pipelines.Premier Jason Ken...
Jun 11, 2019
MEGlobal selects eight local non-profits for project funding
PRENTISS - Eight local non-profit organizations are getting a boost through funding from the 2019 MEGlobal Canada Community Contributions Program. More than $36,000 was allocated for projects ranging ...
Jun 11, 2019
Pope laments 'culture of insults,' decries church propaganda
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday lamented what he called a "culture of insults" enabled by social media and warned against nationalism and other "exclusivist ideas" that he said contrast with a C...
Jun 11, 2019
G-20 finance officials pledge to protect global growth
FUKUOKA, Japan - Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies wrapped up a meeting in Japan on Sunday with a pledge to use all the policies they can to protect global...
Jun 11, 2019
Massive extradition bill protest fills Hong Kong streets
HONG KONG - Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Hong Kong on Sunday to voice their opposition to legislation that would allow people to be extradited to mainland China where they could...
Jun 11, 2019
In the news today, June 11
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, June 11 --- ROARING RAPTORS' FANS GO QUIET AS WARRIORS WIN Almost 20,000 rapturous Raptors fans cramming a downtown arena and tens of thousands more acr...
Jun 11, 2019
Iran says detained US resident to be released to Lebanon
TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian judiciary spokesman says Iran has agreed to hand over a U.S. permanent resident imprisoned for years to Lebanese officials. The comment on Tuesday from Gholamhossein Esmaili ...
Jun 11, 2019
Samoa bans Elton John movie 'Rocketman' due to homosexuality
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The Pacific nation of Samoa has banned the Elton John biopic "Rocketman" because of its depictions of homosexuality. About 97% of people in Samoa identify as Christian, and t...
Jun 11, 2019