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Syrian army, allied militia gain ground against IS
BEIRUT - Syrian troops and allied militia have pushed back Islamic State militants and U.S-backed opposition fighters, gaining control of a large swath of territory in the country’s strategic so...
May 27, 2017
City accepting branches at snow storage facility following storm
In the wake of Wednesday's wicked wind storm that blew through Red Deer, the City has opened the north snow storage facility to collect large branches that have fallen on residential properties. Publi...
May 27, 2017
What if US quits climate deal? Doesn't look good for Earth
WASHINGTON - Earth is likely to reach more dangerous levels of warming even sooner if the U.S. retreats from its pledge to cut carbon dioxide pollution, scientists said. That’s because America c...
May 27, 2017
Pathirana leads the way as Canada defeats U.S. in cricket one-dayer
KAMPALA, Uganda - Dhanuka Pathirana smashed nine fours and added a six en route to 87 runs Saturday as Canada defeated the U.S. by 96 runs in ICC World Cricket League Division 3 play. Canada improved ...
May 27, 2017
Nova Scotia parties search for undecided voters in campaign's last weekend
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s three main party leaders fanned out across the province Saturday in a bid to sway any voters who might still be on the fence ahead of Tuesday’s provincial election....
May 27, 2017
Pope: More Christian martyrs today than in ancient times
GENOA, Italy - Pope Francis prayed Saturday for the Coptic Christians killed a day earlier in Egypt by Islamic extremists, saying that there are more Christian martyrs today than in ancient times. Dur...
May 27, 2017
Spanish PM warns Catalan businesses of danger of secession
BARCELONA, Spain - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warned Catalan business leaders on Saturday of “terrible economic consequences” if separatists win independence for the northeastern...
May 27, 2017
Not exactly Cannes, this film fest is Fargo - with drones
FARGO, N.D. - Spencer Kuhlman was playing junior hockey in Canada when a knee injury wiped out his hopes of playing in college. With time on his hands, Kuhlman turned to another passion - aviation - a...
May 27, 2017
Trump's trip: Conventional images and unconventional talk
TAORMINA, Italy - As he dashed through the Middle East and Europe, Donald Trump looked like a conventional American leader abroad. He solemnly laid a wreath at a Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, had a...
May 27, 2017
Drug gangs take aim at police officers amid coca crackdown
BOGOTA - With a shot to the chest, Alejandro Caro fell from his motorbike while on patrol in a small town in northern Colombia, another victim of criminal gangs who have killed 11 officers over the pa...
May 27, 2017