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Tickets selling out fast for the Lending Cupboard's 12th annual Ladies Luncheon
"Resilient like diamonds" is the theme for the 12th annual ladies luncheon by The Lending Cupboard (TLC).Newly held at Red Deer Polytechnic's (RDP) Cenovus Energy Learning Common, the event will take ...
Apr 27, 2023
West Virginia Gov. Justice running for Manchin’s Senate seat
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that he is running for Democrat Joe Manchin's U.S. Senate seat in 2024, setting up what could be a hard-fought cam...
Apr 27, 2023
UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday calling on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and...
Apr 27, 2023
Canada urges UN to include women in looming talks that could give Taliban legitimacy
OTTAWA - Canada says the United Nations' controversial move to enter dialogue with the Taliban must include women, as the organization mulls recognizing the terrorist group as the government of Afghan...
Apr 27, 2023
Pence testifies before election probe grand jury: AP source
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Vice President Mike Pence testified Thursday before a federal grand jury investigating efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 202...
Apr 27, 2023
Supreme Court won't hear appeal from city in Quebec that failed to stop 2012 fire
OTTAWA - A city in Quebec has exhausted its legal avenues to avoid paying thousands of dollars in damages after it failed to deploy enough firefighters to prevent a fire from ravaging a building. Cana...
Apr 27, 2023
Nebraska 6-week abortion ban fails to advance in Legislature
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - An effort to advance a bill that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected - generally around the sixth week of pregnancy - fell one vote short Thursday of breaking...
Apr 27, 2023
Registration to host Alberta Open Farm Days closes Apr. 30
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Farms and ranches that want to be a part of Open Farm Days will need to register by the end of the month to participate in this year's festivities in August.The event is a two-day cel...
Apr 27, 2023
Newly acquired Toronto FC centre back Aime Mabika hard to miss at six foot six
TORONTO - At six foot six, Toronto FC's newest defender is hard to miss. Aime Mabika comes with a good story as well. Born in Zambia to Congolese parents, Mabika was seven or eight when his family mov...
Apr 27, 2023
Alberta government expanding mental health support in schools
The provincial government is expanding mental health support services at 10 schools, including multiple in Southern Alberta.The $4 million investment allotted in the 2023 budget aims to expand the Int...
Apr 27, 2023