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Account of AIDS crisis wins lucrative UK nonfiction prize
LONDON - American author David France has won Britain’s leading nonfiction literary award with a book about the activists who fought the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 90s. “How to Survive a...
Nov 16, 2017
Panel approves new rules for transgender student athletes
ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. - Transgender high school athletes in New Jersey no longer need documentation to support their gender identity. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association on Wednesda...
Nov 16, 2017
Alberta's proposed cannabis legislation includes mix of private and public sales
EDMONTON - The Alberta government plans to control the online sale of legalized marijuana but will leave over-the-counter sales to private operators. Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley introduced the ru...
Nov 16, 2017
Blackfalds council briefs: allocating grant funding
The Wolf Creek Public School District and Iron Ridge Elementary Campus are among the major benefactors of $20,000 in grant funding being allocated by Blackfalds town council this month. This after cou...
Nov 16, 2017
Drouin's not done: Missing worlds for Achilles injury had a silver lining
TORONTO - Derek Drouin was back home in Toronto nursing an Achilles injury when the high jump event played out at the world championships last summer in London. The Olympic and world gold medallist wa...
Nov 16, 2017
NHL general managers, Bettman to take part in NHL 100th anniversary events
MONTREAL - The National Hockey League’s general managers are set to meet at the site where the league was founded 100 years ago and commissioner Gary Bettman will also be in town as the league c...
Nov 16, 2017
Salvation Army Red Deer launches Christmas Kettle Campaign
It's a sign the giving season is now underway. The Salvation Army Red Deer has launched its 2017 Christmas Kettle Campaign in hopes of raising the funds needed to keep their programs and services runn...
Nov 16, 2017
Trump reverses ban on importing elephants killed as trophies
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration said it will allow the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for sport, contending that encouraging wealthy big-game hunters to kill them will aid...
Nov 16, 2017
Ex-con, wife charged in carjack killing of Chinese student
SALT LAKE CITY - An ex-convict accused of gunning down a University of Utah student with a weapon stolen from a slain Colorado man was charged with aggravated murder, robbery and a dozen other counts ...
Nov 16, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Nov. 16 --- CANADA AND U.K. LEADING PUSH TO PHASE OUT COAL-FIRED POWER: Canada and the United Kingdom launched a campaign on Thursday to get rid of coal-fir...
Nov 16, 2017