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New Brunswick Liberals confirm Kevin Vickers is lone leadership candidate
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberal party has confirmed Kevin Vickers is the lone candidate for its leadership, setting the stage for his acclamation. The party's leadership steering committee says ...
Apr 11, 2019
Putin: Russia knows Mueller probe 'gave birth to a mouse'
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday mocked U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Kremlin interference in the 2016 presidential election, saying "a mou...
Apr 11, 2019
Edmonton Pride Festival cancelled citing 'current events'
EDMONTON- The organizers of the Edmonton Pride Festival have cancelled this year's event, citing the "current political and social environment."A letter from the board of directors says the decision w...
Apr 11, 2019
Judy Klassen hopes to leave Manitoba legislature for House of Commons
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba Liberal is hoping to leave her seat in the provincial legislature for one in the House of Commons. Judy Klassen says she is seeking the federal Liberal nomination in Churchi...
Apr 11, 2019
Sheriff: Rapper threatened to shoot up University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A Florida rapper has been arrested on a charge of threatening a mass shooting after song lyrics posted on Facebook say he will "catch you at a Gator game and shoot the whole campus...
Apr 11, 2019
Chronicle of Julian Assange's stay in the Ecuadorian embassy
LONDON - Julian Assange, the founder of anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, was arrested at the Embassy of Ecuador in London Thursday - seven years after he first took refuge there. A look at key events in ...
Apr 11, 2019
Ponoka teacher named A Better World Canada's Citizen of the Year
LACOMBE- Ponoka teacher Julie Lapointe has been named A Better World Canada's 2019 Citizen of the Year. The 27-year-old received the coveted honour for her volunteer efforts that started when she was ...
Apr 11, 2019 Julie Lapointe (Photo: Laura Tester)
One man's quest to find the dead after devastating cyclone
MAGARU, Mozambique - He was haunted by the thought of a small child's skull, unburied and lost in the debris of a cyclone that had claimed hundreds of lives. Stephen Fonseca stood in a field of ruined...
Apr 11, 2019
US wholesale prices rise 0.6% in March, lifted by gas costs
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices increased in March by the most since last fall, driven largely by more expensive gas and electricity. The Labor Department said Thursday that the producer price inde...
Apr 11, 2019
'Hannah Montana' costumes, props going up for auction
LOS ANGELES - Costumes, props and tour items from the Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana" TV series are going up for auction. The teen sitcom featured Miley Cyrus, who portrayed schoolgirl Miley Stewart...
Apr 11, 2019