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Trump asks whether UCLA players will thank him for release
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is asking whether three UCLA basketball players released from detention in China will thank him. Trump said he raised their case with China’s president when h...
Nov 15, 2017
Bail tightened for official in FIFA soccer bribery case
NEW YORK - A judge tightened bail conditions on a South American soccer official charged in the FIFA bribery scandal after prosecutors surprised the courtroom by accusing the defendant of threatening ...
Nov 15, 2017
SNC alleged fraud: defence lawyer wants stay of proceedings for one of the accused
MONTREAL - One of the accused in an alleged $22.5-million fraud case involving former SNC-Lavalin executives in the awarding of the contract for Montreal’s $1.3-billion superhospital wants a sta...
Nov 15, 2017
Raising Philanthropists (Celebrating National Philanthropy Day)
A few months ago I started working at the Red Deer & District Community Foundation. Until that time, the word 'philanthropy' was not an everyday word in our home. Don't get me wrong, I'm not sayin...
Nov 15, 2017
France to host 2023 Rugby World Cup, stunning South Africa
LONDON - France will host the Rugby World Cup in 2023, a year before the Olympic Games in Paris, after surprisingly beating South Africa and Ireland in a vote on Wednesday. The World Rugby Council dis...
Nov 15, 2017
Toronto constable who shot teen arrested for allegedly breaching bail conditions
TORONTO - A Toronto police officer convicted of attempted murder in the fatal shooting of a teen on an empty streetcar four years ago was charged Wednesday with breaching his bail conditions. Ontario&...
Nov 15, 2017
No doping charges in UK cycling probe but methods criticized
LONDON - No charges will be brought over the doping investigation that cast a cloud over the reputation of British cycling and Bradley Wiggins, the country’s first Tour de France champion and mo...
Nov 15, 2017
Tobique First Nation resident says neighbours pulled his son from burning home
TOBIQUE, N.B. - A resident of a New Brunswick First Nation is crediting the strength of several band members for saving his 12-year-old son as they struggled to exit their burning home. Daniel Saulis ...
Nov 15, 2017
Teenage boy killed in Calgary stabbing
CALGARY – An early morning stabbing has left a teenage boy dead. Police say they were called to a northeast-area home around 5 a.m. after word of a violent confrontation. Emergency responders fo...
Nov 15, 2017
The Most Poisonous Spider in the World
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Most Poisonous Spider Believe it or not, there is no "most poisonous spider" because spiders are venomous, not poisonous. Zoologists and veterinary sci...
Nov 15, 2017