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China lifts ban on US poultry after 5 years
WASHINGTON - China is reopening its market to U.S. poultry, ending a five-year ban. China had blocked U.S. poultry imports after an outbreak of avian influenza in December 2014, closing off a market t...
Nov 14, 2019
Parkland Institute founder speaking in Red Deer about a future without fossil fuels
The founding director of the Parkland Institute will be speaking at Red Deer's Welikoklad Event Centre.Dr. Gordon Laxer's presentation, which is free for the public to attend, is called "What's next f...
Nov 14, 2019 Dr. Gordon Laxer (www.gordonlaxer.com)
Sanford suspends GOP presidential primary challenge to Trump
CONCORD, N.H. - Mark Sanford dropped his challenge to President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, saying the focus on impeachment has made it difficult for his campai...
Nov 14, 2019
Correction: Jamaican Lottery Scam story
HARVEY, N.D. - In a story Nov. 10 about a North Dakota woman's hopes of recovering money lost in a Jamaican lottery scam, The Associated Press reported erroneously that University of Utah law professo...
Nov 14, 2019
B.C. brain cancer victim a candidate for expensive U.S. clinical study
ABBOTSFORD - A fundraising effort in support of an Abbotsford, B.C. father's battle with brain cancer has reached it's halfway mark. But time is running out to raise the remaining funds for 45-year-ol...
Nov 14, 2019
Catalan poet Joan Margarit wins Spain’s Cervantes Prize
MADRID - The Spanish government said Thursday that Catalan poet Joan Margarit has won the 2019 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honour. Margarit, who is also an architect...
Nov 14, 2019
Drug violation threatens Canadian show jumping team's entry into Tokyo 2020
Canada's participation in show jumping at the 2020 Olympic Games is in peril because of a doping infraction at the Pan American Games. Canadian rider Nicole Walker has been provisionall...
Nov 14, 2019
AP source: 2nd US official heard Trump call with Sondland
WASHINGTON - A second U.S. embassy staffer in Kyiv overheard a key cellphone call between President Donald Trump and his ambassador to the European Union discussing the need for Ukrainian officials to...
Nov 14, 2019
Town of Rocky to make mobile home park owners responsible for collecting property taxes
The Town of Rocky Mountain House has passed first reading on a bylaw that would make owners of mobile home parks responsible for collecting property taxes from the residents who live in them. The park...
Nov 14, 2019
Debates commissioner David Johnston suggests separate debate for main contenders
OTTAWA - Leaders' debates in future election campaigns might be better if there were more of them but some featured only the main contenders for prime minister, federal debates commissioner David...
Nov 14, 2019