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Actor Scott Baio adamantly denies abusing underage co-star
NEW YORK - Scott Baio adamantly denies a claim that he sexually abused an underage “Charles in Charge” co-star and says she seduced him when she was 18 and legally an adult. On Tuesday, Ni...
Jan 31, 2018
Hawaii worker who sent false alert had problems but kept job
HONOLULU - Hawaii emergency management officials knew for years that an employee had problems performing his job. Then, he sent a false alert warning of an imminent missile attack earlier this month. ...
Jan 31, 2018
Vancouver-based MMA champion Bibiano Fernandes to meet double title-holder
Vancouver-based Bibiano (The Flash) Fernandes will defend his One Championship bantamweight title against featherweight and lightweight champion Martin (The Situ-Asian) Nguyen. The two will face off i...
Jan 31, 2018
Statistics Canada says manufacturing helps boost economic growth in November
OTTAWA - Strength in manufacturing helped boost economic growth in November as the sector posted its largest monthly increase since February 2014. Statistics Canada said Wednesday real gross domestic ...
Jan 31, 2018
WRSD to do walkthroughs to determine fate of David Thompson High School
The Wild Rose School Division will be doing walkthroughs with Alberta Education after they have run into trouble with the modernization of David Thompson High School. In a release it states that a val...
Jan 31, 2018
2017 Calgary public school trustee candidate faces election fraud charges
CALGARY – A woman who ran for a Calgary Public School trustee position last year faces Alberta Election Act charges. Elections Alberta says it launched an investigation last October after receiv...
Jan 31, 2018
UN reviews 206 firms over their links to Israeli settlements
GENEVA - The U.N. human rights office said Wednesday that 206 companies - mostly Israeli and American - are facing a review of their business practices involving Israeli settlements, which are conside...
Jan 31, 2018
Red Hot Science at Red Deer College receives $70,00 in funding
RED DEER- Actua, the national organization that represents Red Hot Science at Red Deer College has announced that the program will receive $70,000 in CanCode funding. CanCode is a $50 million dollar f...
Jan 31, 2018
Dad of Montreal entertainer Gregory Charles 'fighting for life' after hit by tractor
MONTREAL - The 77-year-old father of Quebec singer and performer Gregory Charles remained in critical condition Wednesday after being hit by a snow removal truck the night prior. Charles wrote on Face...
Jan 31, 2018
Members of Quebec Muslim community salute statement by alleged killer's parents
QUEBEC - Members of Quebec’s Muslim community said Wednesday they welcomed the first public statements by the parents of a man accused of shooting dead six men in a mosque last January. Manon Ma...
Jan 31, 2018