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R. Kelly lawyer: Michael Avenatti charges raise questions
CHICAGO - A lawyer for R&B singer R. Kelly says charges in New York accusing attorney Michael Avenatti of trying to shake down Nike raise questions about his role in helping Chicago prosecutors br...
Apr 01, 2019
China says 30 killed fighting mountain forest fire
BEIJING - A fire high in the mountains of western China's Sichuan province has killed 30 firefighters and others, the government said Monday. The deaths occurred after a change of wind Sunday as the f...
Apr 01, 2019
Doug Ford slams federal carbon tax that takes effect in four provinces today
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says there's no reason to believe Canadians will recoup the cost of the federal carbon tax that takes effect today. Ford, whose government is fighting the tax in co...
Apr 01, 2019
Major party leaders make announcements in the big cities Monday
Here's a look at where the party leaders are Monday on the campaign trail for the April 16 Alberta election; Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is continuing to tout her party's plan to move the provinc...
Apr 01, 2019
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle shot and killed at 33
LOS ANGELES - Rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside the clothing store he founded to help rebuild his troubled South Los Angeles neighbourhood, police said, cutting short a career that earned ...
Apr 01, 2019
Cities go dark for Earth Hour, bring light to climate change
NEW YORK - Cities around the world marked Earth Hour on Saturday by turning off lights at 8:30 p.m. local time in a call for global action on climate change. Earth Hour, spearheaded by the World Wildl...
Apr 01, 2019
Sheraton rebranded as Cambridge Hotel & Conference Centre
The Sheraton Red Deer as we know it is no more.Now, at the corner of Gaetz Avenue and 32 Street, is the Cambridge Hotel & Conference Centre.The change comes after ownership decided to cut ties wit...
Apr 01, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Caitlan Coleman details night she fled from estranged husband Joshua Boyle
OTTAWA - Caitlan Coleman says she put on several layers of socks to protect herself before she dashed into the cold late on the night of Dec. 30, 2017 eventually phoning her mother from a&nb...
Apr 01, 2019
Israeli president travels to Niagara, Ottawa, Toronto on state visit
OTTAWA - The president of Israel is in Ottawa on Monday, meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before laying a wreath at the new National Holocaust Monument. Reuven Rivlin is in the country for three ...
Apr 01, 2019
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's exaggerations about the Russia probe
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is taking his interpretation of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation well beyond the facts. He says he's been fully exonerated based on a four-page...
Apr 01, 2019