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Red Deer Curling Classic this weekend
The Red Deer Curling Classic returns to the Pidherney Centre this weekend. An annual part of the World Curling Tour season, the event features 28 men's teams competing in a triple knockout tournament ...
Nov 14, 2019

Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. Chief Ed John faces historic sex charges
VANCOUVER - Ed John, a leader of the First Nations Summit and former British Columbia cabinet minister, is accused of four counts of sexual assault dating back to 1974. The B.C. Prosecution ...
Nov 14, 2019

Father fights with private school over alleged bullying among 7-year-old girls
TORONTO - A Toronto father alleges in a lawsuit filed against Havergal College that the prestigious girls private school expelled his seven-year-old daughter be...
Nov 14, 2019

Suspect arrested after documents stolen from Quebec immigration minister's car
QUEBEC - A rough stretch for Quebec immigration minister's continues with news that documents he left in his government vehicle were stolen this week. Simon Jolin-Barrette told reporters today th...
Nov 14, 2019

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