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A$AP Rocky to perform in Stockholm months after conviction
STOCKHOLM - A$AP Rocky is back in Sweden. The American rapper is set to perform in Stockholm, where he was convicted of assault in August for a street brawl. The artist, whose real name is Rakim Mayer...
Dec 11, 2019
Calgary teacher cuts can be averted, but provincial audit, review going ahead
CALGARY - The Alberta government is moving ahead with a financial audit and governance review of the Calgary Board of Education even though it appears hundreds of teacher layoffs can be averted.A spok...
Dec 11, 2019
Spread joy, not germs: Stay healthy this holiday season
CALGARY- 'Tis the season of celebratory gatherings but also of seasonal illnesses and influenza. To help ensure your holiday season is a happy and healthy one, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is remindi...
Dec 11, 2019
New grant promotes cultural awareness, inclusion
EDMONTON- The Provincial government is now accepting applications fir a new grant program that is designed to build greater cultural awareness and more inclusive communities.The Multiculturalism, Indi...
Dec 11, 2019
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time 'person of the year'
NEW YORK - Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time's youngest "person of the year" on Wednesday. Thunberg, 16, has become the face of the youth climate movement, drawing large c...
Dec 11, 2019
Oink oink, cha-ching: $3 million found in barrels of pork
SHELBY, N.C. - Barrels of raw pork shoulder were riding fat in a tractor trailer pulled over by North Carolina deputies. Approximately $3 million in cash was recovered from the barrels Saturday, the C...
Dec 11, 2019
Thunberg accuses leaders of 'creative PR' at climate talks
MADRID - Activist Greta Thunberg accused the business and political leaders of misleading the public by holding climate talks that are not achieving real action against what she called the world's "cl...
Dec 11, 2019
Too much of a Greta thing? Activist urges focus on others
MADRID - With dozens of cameras pointing at her across a room full of reporters, celebrity teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg had an unexpected message: Look the other way. "Our stories have been to...
Dec 11, 2019
Sarajevo officials: Nobel winner Handke not welcome in city
SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Nobel Literature Prize laureate Peter Handke was on Wednesday proclaimed persona non grata in the Bosnian capital for his apologist views toward Serb war crimes during the war in th...
Dec 11, 2019
Trudeau's minority Liberal government survives first confidence vote
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberals survived Tuesday their first test of confidence in the House of Commons but got a pointed reminder of how opposition parties can still make life complicated for...
Dec 11, 2019