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Miller proud to support Bill 24
It was a privilege and an honour to support Bill 24 in the Legislature, and it's a privilege to support LGBTQ students in Red Deer. I'm a mother and a grandmother, and I'm proud of the way I've raised...
Nov 15, 2017
Ex-members of church urge overturning of court agreement
SPINDALE, N.C. - Former members of a controversial North Carolina-based church want the state to take legal action to overturn a court-ordered compromise they say has crippled child abuse investigatio...
Nov 15, 2017
The Latest: Christie's: Leonardo sale an honour of a lifetime
NEW YORK - The Latest on the auction of a painting of Christ by Leonardo da Vinci for a record $450 million (all times local): 9:30 p.m. A New York auction house official says the sale of a rare paint...
Nov 15, 2017
Ex-Catalan leader to head campaign for election from Belgium
BARCELONA, Spain - The fugitive leader of Catalonia’s secessionist movement said Wednesday that he will repeat as his party’s leading candidate in upcoming elections for the Spanish region...
Nov 15, 2017
Fallout continues for Weinstein and his former company
LOS ANGELES - Fallout from sexual harassment and abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein continued Wednesday as the disgraced producer was hit with a new lawsuit, lost an honorary degree and his fo...
Nov 15, 2017
Saskatchewan premier stands by education minister; says she apologized
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is standing by his education minister after she questioned how Indigenous treaty education is taught in schools. Wall said Eyre apologized and clarified her com...
Nov 15, 2017
Angelina Jolie urges UN to renew efforts to stop sexual violence in war
VANCOUVER - Angelina Jolie delivered a stinging rebuke Wednesday of global efforts to stop the use of sexual violence in war and called on the UN to finally help turn the tide. The Academy Award-winni...
Nov 15, 2017
Polygamous town elects first mayor who's not part of sect
SALT LAKE CITY - A polygamous group’s dwindling control of a remote Utah-Arizona border town that it has called home for a century slipped further after four people not tied to the sect took ove...
Nov 15, 2017
Documents: US Steel sought to keep chemical spill secret
PORTAGE, Ind. - Environmentalists are questioning why the public wasn’t notified about an October chemical spill into a Lake Michigan tributary that U.S. Steel asked Indiana regulators to keep c...
Nov 15, 2017
Ivanka Trump says child tax credit 'not a pet project'
BAYVILLE, N.J. - Yes, it turns out, there is something that chafes at the unflappable Ivanka Trump. The presidential daughter and adviser, in a “full-blown sprint” as she sells the Republi...
Nov 15, 2017