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Trudeau ends three-country tour with his global reputation, alliances intact
LONDON - Justin Trudeau is heading home from a lengthy, three-country foreign tour in which the prime minister appeared to recapture his international mojo and reassert several key alliances, but didn...
Apr 20, 2018
Pump prices, airline tickets help propel Canada's annual inflation rate to 2.3%
OTTAWA - The country’s annual inflation rate continued creeping upwards last month to reach 2.3 per cent, thanks to a boost from higher prices for gasoline and airline tickets, Statistics Canada...
Apr 20, 2018
Southern Alberta flooding damages many rural roads
LETHBRIDGE - Several States of Local Emergency remain in effect for rural areas around southern Alberta, due to flooding from overland drainage. The Municipal District of Taber said Thursday, April 19...
Apr 20, 2018
First clues emerge about Cuba's future under new president
HAVANA - Miguel Diaz-Canel has been the presumptive next president of Cuba since 2013, when Raul Castro named the laconic former provincial official to the important post of first vice-president and l...
Apr 20, 2018
Plane passenger dilemma: Protect child or try to save victim
PHILADELPHIA - As Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 plunged, passenger Hollie Mackey was torn between trying to save a woman whose upper body was being sucked out of a broken window and protecting the ch...
Apr 20, 2018
Nobel body: 'unacceptable behaviour' not widely known
COPENHAGEN - The Swedish Academy, which hands out the coveted Nobel Prize in Literature, says an investigation has found “unacceptable behaviour in the form of unwanted intimacy” has taken...
Apr 20, 2018
Pentagon: Sarin likely at Syria sites, but questions remain
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Thursday a “preponderance of the evidence” indicates there were chemical weapons, including “elements” of sarin nerve gas, at the three Syrian si...
Apr 20, 2018
Auditor general calls for long-term financial forecasts as oil revenue decreases
EDMONTON – Alberta’s auditor general says a long-term fiscal projection would help the province as it deals with oil price swings and a diminishing non-renewable resource. In his farewell ...
Apr 20, 2018
Edmonton teen charged in sex trafficking case involving young girl
EDMONTON- Police have laid human-trafficking charges against a 16-year-old boy accused of sexually exploiting a 16-year-old girl. Police say the youth met the girl at a mall and spent time with her fo...
Apr 20, 2018
Legislation introduced to levy fines as way to resolve utility overcharges
EDMONTON- The Notley government is making changes to resolve problems with power and natural gas bills. Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd has tabled legislation that would allow electricity and gas pr...
Apr 20, 2018