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Insta-Monarch: Queen Elizabeth makes first Instagram post
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II has posted her first Instagram image. The media-savvy queen posted from the Science Museum Thursday to help promote the museum’s summer exhibition. Using an iPad, she...
Mar 07, 2019

Canadians Gilder, Schroder to showcase girls' baseball at MLB high school event
Liz Gilder’s baseball journey began as a bit of a fluke when her mother signed her up for the sport after failing to find a registration form for their local softball league. Thirteen years late...
Mar 07, 2019

UCP candidate Randy Kerr turfed
CALGARY – The United Conservative Party has turfed one of its Calgary candidates over how he has dealt with questions about a financial contribution to a former party leadership contender. The U...
Mar 07, 2019

Alberta Party MLA Karen McPherson won't run in spring election
EDMONTON – One of the key candidates for the Alberta Party in the upcoming election has announced she won’t be running. Karen McPherson, legislature member for Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill, sa...
Mar 07, 2019

AHS reaches three-year agreement with Alberta midwives
EDMONTON- Alberta Health Services says it has reached a deal that will lead to more midwives and more midwifery-assisted births. The government says the three-year agreement with the Alberta Associati...
Mar 07, 2019

US productivity up modest 1.9 per cent in fourth quarter
WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity grew at a rate of 1.9 per cent in the fourth quarter, a slight improvement over the third quarter. Labor costs rose 2 per cent, the strongest gain since the beginning of...
Mar 07, 2019

European Central Bank joins global push to help economy
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank took unexpectedly quick action on Thursday to support a slowing economy, joining the U.S Federal Reserve and Chinese leadership in their attempts to counter worri...
Mar 07, 2019

Egyptian actor says military court sentenced him to 8 years
CAIRO - An Egyptian actor known for his criticism of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s government said Thursday a military court has sentenced him in absentia to eight years in prison in two sep...
Mar 07, 2019
Canadians Gilder, Schroder to showcase girl's baseball at MLB high school event
Liz Gilder’s baseball journey began as a bit of a fluke when her mother signed her up for the sport after failing to find a registration form for their local softball league. Thirteen years late...
Mar 07, 2019
Dennis Oland expected to continue testifying in his defence at trial
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Dennis Oland will be the only witness for the defence on the stand at his trial today in the death of his multimillionaire father in Saint John, N.B. Oland began his testimony late ...
Mar 07, 2019