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Temperature records fall in Wednesday heat
It was a record setting Wednesday in a number of areas around the province yesterday. The following locations set new record high temperatures: EDMONTON INT’L AIRPORT New record of 24.4 Old reco...
Oct 18, 2018
Punjabi-Canadians roll into trucking, rerouting a traditional industry
Nachhattar Singh Chohan lived in Canada eight years before he tried his hand at trucking. A former brake plant worker and gas station attendant with farming roots, the then-34-year-old marshalled his ...
Oct 18, 2018
Impact of cold and wet September still being felt by Alberta farmers
MEDICINE HAT- The latest Alberta Crop report shows 17 per cent of crops still standing, including 21 per cent of spring wheat, 11 per cent of barley and 20 per cent of oats, 24 per cent of canola in t...
Oct 18, 2018
4-year-old boy shot, wounded in apparent case of road rage
WICHITA, Kan. - A man and a woman have been arrested in the shooting of 4-year-old boy in an apparent road rage incident after one vehicle cut off another in a Kansas city. Wichita Police Chief Gordon...
Oct 18, 2018
Police lay charges against man accused of jumping naked into shark tank
TORONTO - A British Columbia man is facing charges in two separate but related incidents in Toronto, including one where he’s accused of jumping naked into a shark tank at an aquarium. Toronto P...
Oct 18, 2018
Cannabis consumption allowed in Alberta's provincial parks
LETHBRIDGE – While the rules for buying and consuming cannabis will vary in national parks, depending on which province they are located in, Alberta’s environment minister is clarifying wh...
Oct 18, 2018
The Secret Firefall Of Yosemite National Park
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Firefall Appearing like a mirage when conditions are just right, a small waterfall spilling off the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park turns from...
Oct 18, 2018
Putin: Russia 'ahead of competition' with latest weapons
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin hailed new missiles in Russia’s military arsenals but emphasized Thursday that the country would only use its nuclear weapons in response to an incoming missile...
Oct 18, 2018
Film of Judy Blume's 'Are You There God?...' in development
LOS ANGELES - Judy Blume has at long last agreed to a feature film adaptation of her seminal 1970 young adult novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” Writer and director Kelly ...
Oct 18, 2018
Michael Buble shuts down rumours of retirement from music
LOS ANGELES - Michael Buble is shutting down rumours that he’s going to retire from music, saying he was misquoted in a recent interview. Buble told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he is no...
Oct 18, 2018