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Dodo Birds Are Even Harder To Find Than You Think
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Dodo Bird There is perhaps no animal more emblematic for the perils of extinction at the hands of human interference than that of the dodo bird. Native...
Nov 28, 2018
Partisanship clouds PM, opposition leaders' meeting on 'Francophonie' issues
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his counterparts from the four other main federal parties left a supposedly non-partisan meeting on how to help Canadian francophones divided and without a p...
Nov 28, 2018
Rocky Mountain House RCMP report for Nov 22-29
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE- RCMP have released the following report for the week of November 22-29. 2018-11-22 at 3:52 P.M. - Theft from vehicle while parked at apartment complex overnight. Small tools and ...
Nov 28, 2018
Another gene-edited baby may be on the way, scientist says
HONG KONG - A Chinese researcher who claims to have helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies says a second pregnancy may be underway. The researcher, He Jiankui of Shenzhen, revea...
Nov 28, 2018
Lacombe’s Main Street Program earns international Envision Award
LACOMBE- The City of Lacombe’s Main Street Program has received the Washington, DC based Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure's (ISI) Envision Silver Award for sustainable infrastructure. It...
Nov 28, 2018
Red Deer DBA welcomes five new board members
RED DEER- The Downtown Business Association (DBA) has five new members on the Board of Directors. They are: Dulcie Timmons - Group2 Architecture Julie Oliver - MNP LLP Kathryn Harris - Sunworks, Pract...
Nov 28, 2018
Divisive race ends with win for Republican Sen. Hyde-Smith
JACKSON, Miss. - Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith returns to Washington as a solidly loyal supporter of President Donald Trump after he stumped for her in a divisive Mississippi runoff shaped by ...
Nov 28, 2018
AP Analysis: Will Saudi crown prince be a pariah at G-20?
At most international summits, the discord is generally on show outside as protesters clash with police some distance from the halls of power. But what about when the thorny issue is inside the bubble...
Nov 28, 2018
Rise in US deaths in Afghanistan clouds outlook for peace
WASHINGTON - A rash of American combat deaths in Afghanistan is putting a spotlight on a stalemated 17-year war that is testing President Donald Trump’s commitment to pursuing peace with the Tal...
Nov 28, 2018
Steer too beefy to become burgers reprieved to life on farm
LAKE PRESTON, Australia - Knickers the steer is huge on the internet - for being huge. The black-and-white Holstein Friesian won social media fame and many proclamations of “Holy Cow!” aft...
Nov 28, 2018