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Alberta university students want lecturer who denies Ukrainian famine fired
EDMONTON - Some University of Alberta students want the school to fire an assistant lecturer who denies the Holodomor, the mass genocide of Ukrainian people carried out by the former So...
Nov 29, 2019

The Latest: London police treat incident as terror-related
LONDON - The Latest on an incident in London Bridge (all times local): 3:30 p.m. London's Metropolitan Police say that though the circumstances of an incident on London Bridge remain unclear, authorit...
Nov 29, 2019

US consumer spending up 0.3% in October but incomes are flat
WASHINGTON - Americans increased their spending in October at the fastest rate in three months even though income growth was essentially flat, its weakest showing in 13 months. The Commerce Department...
Nov 29, 2019

Jimmy Carter out of hospital after treatment for brain bleed
ATLANTA - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding from a fall. ...
Nov 29, 2019

Minimum sentence set for wholesale fentanyl trafficking
EDMONTON- Alberta's Court of Appeal has ruled that convictions for wholesale fentanyl trafficking should get a minimum sentence of nine years.The unanimous ruling by five justices comes out of a Crown...
Nov 29, 2019

Woman to hear decision in death of toddler found outside Edmonton church
EDMONTON - A judge will bring down his decision today at the trial of a woman accused in the death of a toddler found outside an Edmonton church.Tasha-Lee Doreen Mack and the child's father, Joey Crie...
Nov 29, 2019 Tasha-Lee Doreen Mack

Scottish teens charged in threats made to Edmonton and Calgary schools
EDMONTON- Three teenagers in Scotland have been charged after shooting and bomb threats were made earlier this year against schools in five countries, including a number in Calgary and Edmonton.Edmont...
Nov 29, 2019

5 dead, 3 hurt in ‘devastating’ Minneapolis high-rise fire
MINNEAPOLIS - Five people died and three were injured when a fire broke out on the 14th floor of a public housing high-rise in a heavily immigrant neighbourhood of Minneapolis early Wednesday. While t...
Nov 29, 2019

Scheer heads to Conservative heartland after a bruising week of challenges
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer heads into the Conservative heartland of Alberta today where he'll make a pitch to some of the party's most fervent supporters about why he ought to keep his job as federal...
Nov 29, 2019

Drayton Valley RCMP report: Nov. 21-28
November 213:28 am - Tomahawk - Members responded to a domestic situation. A male was arrested for breaching his previous release conditions and for uttering threats. The male was released after a tel...
Nov 29, 2019