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Confederate statue removed from historic N Carolina court
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A North Carolina city removed a Confederate statue Tuesday from the grounds of an old courthouse, drawing applause from onlookers for the rare move in a state where such monument...
Mar 12, 2019

Kenney to scrap plans for Edmonton medical superlab
EDMONTON- Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says a United Conservative government would scrap a medical superlab set to be built in Edmonton. Kenney says the superlab is nothing more than what he calls a...
Mar 12, 2019

Subdued hiring climate for Red Deer in second quarter of 2019
RED DEER- Employers in the Red Deer area expect a subdued hiring climate for the second quarter of 2019, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey. Survey data reveals that 13 pe...
Mar 12, 2019

Penhold Fire crews make quick work of bathroom fire
PENHOLD- Fire crews acted quickly to knock down a fire at a home in Penhold in Monday. Shortly after 6 p.m., Penhold Fire crews responded to a structure fire on Dundee Cr. When crews arrived smoke cou...
Mar 12, 2019
2 ex-cops arrested in killing of black Brazilian politician
RIO DE JANEIRO - Authorities arrested two former police officers Tuesday in the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver, a brazen assassination that shocked Brazilians an...
Mar 12, 2019

60s scoop engagement session to help survivors heal
A 60s Scoop survivor engagement session was held at the Rocky Mountain House Native Friendship Centre Friday afternoon. The 60s Scoop Indigenous Society of Alberta has been travelling across the provi...
Mar 12, 2019

Dennis Oland joins lawyers, judge for visit to scene of father's murder
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Dennis Oland revisited the office where his father, Richard, was bludgeoned to death eight years ago as evidence wrapped up Tuesday at his second-degree murder trial. Sheriffs guard...
Mar 12, 2019
UN: December massacre in Congo left 535 people dead
DAKAR, Senegal - Intercommunal violence that left at 535 people dead in western Congo may amount to crimes against humanity, according to a report by United Nations investigators released on Tuesday t...
Mar 12, 2019
Boeing jet grounded in much of world after Ethiopia crash
HEJERE, Ethiopia - Much of the world, including the entire European Union, grounded the Boeing jetliner involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash or banned it from their airspace, leaving the United St...
Mar 12, 2019

CARTOON 03-12-2019
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 03-12-2019
Mar 12, 2019