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Drayton Valley schools rank well in Alberta
Drayton Valley elementary and high schools are among the best in the province according to a new report. The annual Fraser Institute Report Card is out showing both Drayton Christian and Holy Trinity ...
Jun 20, 2018
No easy path: Complex mass migration, politics reshape globe
PARIS - Lined up before dawn, dozens of migrants outside a government office in Italy jostled to be one of the handful allowed inside to request asylum Wednesday. The journeys that brought them to Rom...
Jun 20, 2018
Detainees held without charges decry Emiratis' sexual abuses
CAIRO - The 15 officers who arrived at the prison in southern Yemen hid their faces behind headdresses, but their accents were clearly foreign - from the United Arab Emirates. They lined up the detain...
Jun 20, 2018
No clear plan yet on how to reunite parents with children
MCALLEN, Texas - Trump administration officials say they have no clear plan yet on how to reunite the thousands of children separated from their families at the border since the implementation of a ze...
Jun 20, 2018
House struggles to unite behind bills to stem border crisis
WASHINGTON - Speaker Paul Ryan is pushing ahead with votes on rival House GOP immigration bills, but neither appears to have enough support for passage, prompting President Donald Trump to take execut...
Jun 20, 2018
Urgent call for blood donors by Canada Day
OTTAWA- More than 23,000 donors are urgently needed by July 2 to ensure patients continue to have access to the blood and blood products they need. In the Red Deer area, 230 donors are still needed th...
Jun 20, 2018
Many in Puerto Rico still under tarps as storm threat looms
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hurricane Maria ripped away part of the steel roof from Carmen Lidia Torres Mercado’s home in the Puerto Rican capital. Nine months later, she is still relying on a blue ...
Jun 20, 2018
Maddow breaks down reading AP story on 'tender age' shelters
NEW YORK - MSNBC political commentator Rachel Maddow broke down while trying to read an exclusive Associated Press story about babies and toddlers taken from their parents at the southern border and s...
Jun 20, 2018
Lewandowski on girl with Down syndrome: 'Wah wah'
WASHINGTON - A former campaign manager for Donald Trump has created a stir by dismissing a story about a girl with Down syndrome with a sarcastic “Wah wah.” Corey Lewandowski appeared Tues...
Jun 20, 2018
Prosecutors decline assault charges against Scott Baio
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors have declined to file charges against Scott Baio stemming from allegations by his former “Charles in Charge” co-star that he sexually assaulted her. The Los Angel...
Jun 20, 2018