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Ottawa's Rachel Homan will play in 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
SYDNEY, N.S. - Rachel Homan’s rink has a guaranteed berth in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts after all. Curling Canada announced Wednesday that the Ottawa team will play in the wild-card game ...
Oct 10, 2018
Parkland Fuel buying 75 per cent stake in SOL Investments for $1.57 billion
CALGARY – Parkland Fuel Corp. says it will acquire a 75 per cent stake in SOL Investments Ltd., an independent fuel marketer in the Caribbean, for $1.57 billion under an agreement with its curre...
Oct 10, 2018
McConnell to AP: Gender gap hurts GOP but Kavanaugh helps
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Wednesday that Republicans have a longstanding gender gap when it comes to American women, but he stood by one key Senate woman, saying...
Oct 10, 2018
US wholesale prices rose just 0.2 per cent in September
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices rose a mild 0.2 per cent last month, held down by lower food and energy costs, suggesting that inflation remains in check despite the economy’s robust growth. ...
Oct 10, 2018
Prince George, Princess Charlotte get royal wedding roles
LONDON - Prince George and Princess Charlotte will be among the pageboys and bridesmaids at the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank. Five-year-old George and 3-year-old Charlotte, the elde...
Oct 10, 2018
Cut adrift by Canada, Michaelle Jean continues bid for Francophonie post
YEREVAN, Armenia - Delegations from Canada and Quebec arrived in Armenia Wednesday ahead of the summit of la Francophonie, intent on putting the controversy over the election of a secretary general be...
Oct 10, 2018
Ponoka Town Office closed Oct. 19 and 22 for move into new building
PONOKA- Town of Ponoka Administrative offices will be moving to the new Ponoka Civic Building at #200, 5604-50 Street later this month. To accommodate the move, the Town Office will be closed to the p...
Oct 10, 2018
Rohingya teen dreams of higher ed from squalid refugee camp
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh - At an age when many young Rohingya women have children, Rahima Akter has other plans. From the refugee camp in southern Bangladesh where she was born, Akter, a 19-year-old wit...
Oct 10, 2018
Poll finds partisan divide in concerns for election security
ATLANTA - With the midterm elections less than a month away, a strong majority of Americans are concerned the nation’s voting systems might be vulnerable to hackers, according to a poll released...
Oct 10, 2018
Turkish media: Video shows team of alleged Saudi assassins
ISTANBUL - Two Gulfstream jets carrying 15 Saudis landed at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport before dawn on the day last week that journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Consulate and vanished. ...
Oct 10, 2018