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As virus spreads, anxiety rises in China and overseas
WUHAN, China - Face masks sold out and officials at airports and train stations checked passengers for fevers as China on Tuesday sought to control the outbreak of a new virus that has reached four ot...
Jan 23, 2020
Trump says he's open to witnesses as trial rules are set
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate plunged into President Donald Trump's impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two days but solidly rejecting for now De...
Jan 23, 2020
Lacombe partners with Vesta to support community initiatives
LACOMBE- Mayor Grant Creasey accepted a $20,000 contribution from Vern Crone, production manager for Vesta Energy, for the City's community partnership fund. "We very much appreciate Vesta's ongoing i...
Jan 23, 2020 PHOTO CAPTION: (L to R) Roger VanHaren, Surface
Landman, Vesta; Chad Kobi, Construction Superintendent, Vesta; Vern Crone
:Production Manager, Vesta; Mayor Grant Creasey, Community Economic Development
Manager Guy Lapointe; and Jason Canty, Production Superintendent, Vesta, at the
cheque presentation event at City Hall.
Semi driver dead after crashing into stopped tow truck south of Red Deer
One man is dead following a collision late Wednesday night south of Red Deer in which a semi plowed into the back of a stopped tow truck.It was just after 11 p.m. when Innisfail and Blackfalds RCMP re...
Jan 23, 2020 (Photo submitted)
Is climate action a $26-trillion opportunity? 'A little baloney' in this claim
OTTAWA - "This is not simply an environmental issue. It is an economic issue. The estimates going forward in terms of the size of the prize for countries that are in this game early, developing techno...
Jan 23, 2020
As European Central Bank meets, eyes turn to policy review
FRANKFURT - Thursday's European Central Bank meeting offers investors the chance to hear more about President Christine Lagarde's plans for a full review of the bank's policies that could include twea...
Jan 23, 2020
Migrant boat sinks in Indonesia; 10 rescued, 9 missing
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A boat carrying 20 Indonesian migrant workers sank on its way to Malaysia, and rescuers have found 10 survivors and were searching Thursday for nine missing. One body was recovere...
Jan 23, 2020
Switzerland mints world's smallest gold coin
BERLIN - No joke: Switzerland has minted a gold coin so small you'd need to look very closely to see Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue at you. State-owned Swissmint said Thursday that the 2.96-m...
Jan 23, 2020
Experts defuse World War II bomb in German city of Cologne
BERLIN - Explosives experts on Tuesday successfully defused an unexploded American bomb from World War II in the western German city of Cologne, authorities said. The 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) bomb w...
Jan 23, 2020
Germany bans neo-Nazi organization Combat 18 Deutschland
BERLIN - Germany is banning the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 Deutschland in what the country's top security official said Thursday was a "clear message" against far-right extremism and anti-Semitism. More...
Jan 23, 2020