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BBC DJ fired after royal baby tweet with chimpanzee picture
LONDON - A BBC disc jockey has been fired after using a picture of a chimpanzee in a tweet about the royal baby born to Meghan the Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince Harry. Danny Baker tweeted T...
May 09, 2019
Britney Spears gets restraining order against former friend
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears was granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday against a former confidante who she says has been harassing her family again. A judge ordered 44-year-old Sam Lutfi, wh...
May 09, 2019
Alberta's Freedom Conservatives pick interim boss
EDMONTON - The former politician who founded his own party after he was kicked out of the United Conservative caucus says he is done with political life.Former Freedom Conservative leader Derek Fildeb...
May 09, 2019
US trade deficit edges up to $50 billion in March
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit increased slightly in March even though the deficit with China fell to the lowest point in five years. The deficit in goods and services edged up 1.5% to $50 billio...
May 09, 2019
Holocaust survivor opens book fair after neo-fascist banned
ROME - A Polish-born Holocaust survivor opened a book fair in Italy on Thursday to a standing ovation, after organizers agreed to ban a publisher linked to a neo-fascist group. Halina Birenbaum, an 89...
May 09, 2019
Impact limp into game against New York Red Bulls without Piatti, Sagna
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact's sagging offence will have to make do without star winger Ignacio Piatti for at least another week. The Impact will be without Piatti for their next two road ...
May 09, 2019
Jean Vanier, Catholic hero to developmentally disabled, dies
PARIS - Jean Vanier, whose charity work helped improve conditions for the developmentally disabled in Canada and multiple other countries over the past half-century, has died at 90. A charity he found...
May 09, 2019
Jean Vanier, Catholic hero to developmentally disabled, dies
PARIS - Jean Vanier, whose charity work helped improve conditions for the developmentally disabled in Canada and multiple other countries over the past half-century, has died at 90. A charity he found...
May 09, 2019
Keeping crews safe this construction season
RED DEER- As warmer temperatures start to set in, Red Deer drivers are reminded to drive slowly and use caution in construction zones.Recent warm temperatures are a sign that construction cones will s...
May 09, 2019
Man charged in fatal Calgary swarming facing life in prison
CALGARY - A man charged in a fatal swarming and stabbing outside a Calgary nightclub more than five years ago and who later fled the country to avoid justice has been found guilty of first-degree murd...
May 09, 2019