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Nobel widow allowed to leave China after long house arrest
BERLIN - In the fall of 2010, Liu Xia travelled to a prison in northeast China to tell her husband, dissident intellectual Liu Xiaobo, that he had just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. That was the...
Jul 9, 2018
Stormy Daniels' strip club act bookends Trump's court reveal
WASHINGTON - As President Donald Trump exercised his power by nominating Brett Kavanaugh Monday night at the White House, adult film star Stormy Daniels exercised hers about a mile away, wearing nothi...
Jul 9, 2018
'Everyone is safe' after daring rescue of 13 in Thai cave
MAE SAI, Thailand - “Everyone is safe.” With those three words posted on Facebook the daring rescue mission to extricate 12 boys and their soccer coach from the treacherous confines of a f...
Jul 9, 2018
Council hears report on Automated Traffic Enforcement
The City of Red Deer is grappling with how to balance the amount of tickets handed out by way of Automated Traffic Enforcement (ATE). City council heard a report Monday night outlining how its policy ...
Jul 9, 2018
'Coventry' the latest neighbourhood proposed for Red Deer
The City of Red Deer is laying the groundwork for a new neighbourhood in the northeast. Monday night, city council heard from the Planning department that an application has been made for a new Neighb...
Jul 9, 2018
Networks covering Supreme Court pick move to battle stations
NEW YORK - Television networks moved swiftly Monday from deciphering a mystery to setting up battle stations in their coverage of President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U....
Jul 9, 2018
It's official: Lakers announce LeBron James has signed
LOS ANGELES - It’s official. LeBron is a Laker. The Los Angeles Lakers announced the signing of LeBron James as a free agent Monday night, confirming the seismic shift created by the four-time N...
Jul 9, 2018
Woman on tractor promoting Canadian milk dies in collision with semi
SASKATOON - An Ontario woman who was on a cross-country tractor tour with her husband to promote Canada’s dairy industry has died in a collision with a semi north of Saskatoon. Bettina Schuurman...
Jul 9, 2018
Justin Bieber confirms engagement to American model Hailey Baldwin
TORONTO - Canada pop superstar Justin Bieber has broken his silence, confirming his engagement to American model Hailey Baldwin. The 24-year-old singer from Stratford, Ont., confirmed the engagement i...
Jul 9, 2018
Judge denies US claim on 2 of 3 California immigration laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A judge on Monday dismissed the federal government’s claim that U.S. law trumps two California laws intended to protect immigrants who are in the country illegally, affirmin...
Jul 9, 2018