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Millie Bobby Brown deletes Twitter account over memes
LOS ANGELES - “Stranger Things” actress Millie Bobby Brown has deleted her Twitter account after users posted memes depicting her as homophobic. The memes featured photos of the 14-year-ol...
Jun 14, 2018
Drake 'I'm Upset' video features 'Degrassi' reunion
LOS ANGELES - Drake is having a Degrassi Community School reunion. The rapper played Jimmy Brooks in the Canadian teen drama, and a video released Wednesday night for his single “I’m Upset...
Jun 14, 2018
Argentine Congress OKs elective abortion; now goes to Senate
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The lower house of Argentina’s congress on Thursday approved a bill that would legalize elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, sending the measure to the...
Jun 14, 2018
Key household debt ratio creeps lower in first quarter to 168.0 per cent
OTTAWA - The amount Canadians owe relative to their income posted its largest decline on record in the first quarter as mortgage borrowing slowed along with a cooler housing market. Statistics Canada ...
Jun 14, 2018
Lacombe City Council adopts three-year strategic plan
LACOMBE- At their regular meeting on June 11, Council reviewed and adopted the final draft of the City of Lacombe 2018-2021 Strategic Plan. “I am pleased to have been part of a team that put for...
Jun 14, 2018
'Fun, Fun, Fun:' Beach Boys team up with Royal Philharmonic
LONDON - Summer is coming and the season in Britain is being marked by a return to the airwaves of the Beach Boys’ “Fun, Fun, Fun” with a new version featuring the Royal Philharmonic...
Jun 14, 2018
Kardashian West, woman Trump freed say they won't stop now
SOUTHHAVEN, Miss. - Kim Kardashian West and Alice Marie Johnson, the woman President Donald Trump freed from life in federal prison, say they won’t stop advocating for other people serving long ...
Jun 14, 2018
US retail sales boom in May, but inflation is lurking
WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales rose by the most in six months in May, a sign that confident consumers are leading a strong economic rebound after a slow start to the year. Yet with high gas prices and...
Jun 14, 2018
Halifax police under fire for not tracking drink-tampering incidents
Halifax Regional Police are being criticized for not tracking drink-tampering incidents in the city, amid multiple reports of spiked drinks at downtown bars and an emergency room doctor who says it ha...
Jun 14, 2018
Local McDonald's manager recognized with National Award
RED DEER- McDonald's Canada has announced that Janette Santiago, manager of the McDonald's Restaurant in Easthill Centre, has won a 2018 Outstanding Manager of the Year award. The award recognizes the...
Jun 14, 2018