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Ex-Hasidic couple take Quebec to court over religious school education
MONTREAL - An ex-Hasidic Jewish couple who were educated in a private religious school graduated without knowing how to speak French and hardly being able to speak English, a lawyer said Monday at the...
Feb 12, 2020
Climate change could open new land to farming, but caution needed: study
Climate change could open a whole different area in Canada to farming, says newly published research. But Evan Fraser of the University of Guelph, a co-author of the international study, warns that si...
Feb 12, 2020
People's Bus takes health care and senior's care concerns to minister's riding
A bus carrying dozens of Albertans concerned about the government's actions regarding health care and senior's care made a stop near Red Deer on Wednesday.The People's Bus, chartered by Friends of Med...
Feb 12, 2020 Dozens of people concerned about the direction of Alberta's health care and senior's care systems boarded the People's Bus enroute from Edmonton to Calgary on Wednesday to bring those concerns to Minister of Health Tyler Shandro in the constituency of Calgary-Acadia. (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
Michael Kors reminds that staying in can be chic, glamorous
NEW YORK - Michael Kors is so over leggings and sports bras. He used Wednesday's fall collection as a reminder that staying in and cozying up by the fire can still be chic and glamorous. Blake Lively,...
Feb 12, 2020
Young Thorsby woman killed in crash on Highway 60
A young woman from Thorsby died on Sunday following a collision south of Devon.The 18-year-old was driving on Highway 60 when her truck collided with a tractor-trailer. Leduc RCMP said they responded ...
Feb 12, 2020
Gunman dead, 2 officers hurt in shooting at Arkansas Walmart
FORREST CITY, Ark. - Two police officers were wounded and a gunman was killed Monday morning in an exchange of gunfire at a Walmart store in Forrest City in eastern Arkansas, authorities said. Forrest...
Feb 12, 2020
2 officers injured, suspect dead in Baltimore shooting
BALTIMORE - Two law enforcement officers with a fugitive task force were injured and a suspect died in a shooting Wednesday in Baltimore, the U.S. Marshals Service said. One officer was injured in the...
Feb 12, 2020
Chargers QB Rivers will enter free agency after 16 seasons
COSTA MESA, Calif. - Philip Rivers' 16-year career with the Chargers has come to an end. The franchise announced Monday that Rivers will enter free agency and won't return to Los Angeles for the upcom...
Feb 12, 2020
Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice agrees to extension with club
Winnipeg head coach Paul Maurice has signed a multi-year extension with the Jets. In his seventh season as Jets coach, Maurice has guided Winnipeg to the playoffs three times, including a run to the W...
Feb 12, 2020
BP lays out long-term ambition to achieve net-zero emissions
LONDON - Energy producer BP said Wednesday it wants to eliminate or offset all carbon emissions from its operations and the oil and gas it sells to customers by 2050, an ambitious target born out of p...
Feb 12, 2020