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Calgary scraps proposal to allow people to use legal pot in designated areas
CALGARY – After some sober second thought the City of Calgary has snuffed out the idea of allowing people to use marijuana in four designated public areas once cannabis becomes legal next month....
Sep 13, 2018
New Royal Alberta Museum to open in Edmonton Oct. 3
EDMONTON- The new Royal Alberta Museum is to open its doors in three weeks in downtown Edmonton to officially make it the biggest such facility in Western Canada. Tourism Minister Ricardo Miranda says...
Sep 13, 2018
Rihanna unleashes the savage beast in latest lingerie line
NEW YORK - Rihanna unleashed the wild beast in a lush tropical land that turned to arid desert with women of all shapes, sizes and colours writhing, cackling, frolicking and stalking like animals in l...
Sep 13, 2018
Trump rejects Hurricane Maria death toll in Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is rejecting the widely accepted death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria, claiming without citing evidence that “3,000 people did not die.” Trump...
Sep 13, 2018
2018 Martha Kostuch Scholarship winner from Red Deer
RED DEER- Lindsay Thurber High School graduate Justin Morlock is the recipient of this year's Martha Kostuch Scholarship for Environmental Excellence sponsored by the Parkland Airshed Management Zone ...
Sep 13, 2018
Celebrate Alberta Culture Days in Red Deer Sept. 28-30
Red Deerians are invited to create, participate in and share art and culture during Alberta Culture Days, September 28 to 30. The annual three-day festival showcases the many forms of arts and culture...
Sep 13, 2018
Leaders laud ex-UN chief Kofi Annan at Ghana state funeral
ACCRA, Ghana - United in sorrow, world leaders and international dignitaries came to Ghana to pay their last respects to the late United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan who was honoured with a st...
Sep 13, 2018
Unease, anger in Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Iran's beating heart
TEHRAN, Iran - Just one shop among the thousands in Tehran’s sprawling Grand Bazaar can offer a tableau of the darkening mood descending across Iran as American sanctions again take hold. A sale...
Sep 13, 2018
Q&A: Idlib battle a climactic end to Syria rebellion?
BEIRUT - The Syrian army, backed by allies Iran and Russia, is preparing for a military offensive to retake the country’s last major rebel stronghold -the province of Idlib. The battle could bri...
Sep 13, 2018
Activists: Turkey beefing up its troops in Syria's Idlib
BEIRUT - Turkey sent in military reinforcements Thursday to beef up its positions inside Syria’s last rebel bastion Idlib, activists reported, even as the Turkish defence minister said Ankara is...
Sep 13, 2018