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Italian parliament approves controversial spending targets
MILAN - Italy’s parliament has approved deficit-raising spending targets, defying markets and Italy’s eurozone partners who had been pressing for changes. The parliamentary vote Thursday c...
Oct 11, 2018
3 farmers to plead guilty in organic grain fraud scheme
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Three farmers have agreed to plead guilty to fraudulently marketing non-organic corn and soybeans as certified organic as part of a lengthy, multi-million-dollar scheme. Documents fi...
Oct 11, 2018
Minnesota officers who killed suicidal teen won't be charged
CHASKA, Minn. - Prosecutors say they won’t charge two sheriff’s officials who fatally shot a suicidal Minnesota teenager. The Carver County Attorney’s Office said Thursday that the o...
Oct 11, 2018
Poulin, Szabados lead Canadian women's hockey team into Four Nations Cup
CALGARY - Marie Philip-Poulin and veteran goaltender Shannon Szabados headline Canada’s roster for the Four Nations Cup women’s hockey tournament. Poulin and Szabados were among 23 players...
Oct 11, 2018
Mother charged in death of son swept away in swollen Ontario river
The mother of a toddler swept into a raging river during flash flooding in Ontario earlier this year has been charged in her son’s death, police said Thursday. Ontario Provincial Police said the...
Oct 11, 2018
Ottawa, First Nations agree to protect N.W.T. area twice the size of Banff
FORT PROVIDENCE, N.W.T. - It’s where elders hunt and children hear their stories by the campfire. And after a deal signed Thursday between First Nations and the federal government it’s lik...
Oct 11, 2018
Man gets extra three years for strangling wife, burying body in basement
CALGARY - A man who strangled his wife and concealed her body in the family home after enduring what he described as years of domestic abuse has been given an additional three years in prison. Allan S...
Oct 11, 2018
Rocky cannabis bylaw delayed by tie vote
A cannabis consumption bylaw for the Town of Rocky Mountain House has been delayed. Town council held a lengthy discussion on the first draft of the cannabis consumption bylaw at its regular meeting o...
Oct 11, 2018
National Ballet of Canada preparing for first-ever tour of Russia
TORONTO - The first time Karen Kain visited Russia, it was 1973 and the Soviet Union was facing major food shortages. The Canadian ballet star needed sufficient sustenance, as she and Frank Augustyn w...
Oct 11, 2018
Court date set for Lenny Dykstra on threat, drug charges
ELIZABETH, N.J. - A court date has been set for former Major League Baseball player Lenny Dykstra to face drug and threat charges. Dykstra is scheduled to appear before a judge in Elizabeth on Oct. 22...
Oct 11, 2018