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Thurber celebrates Grad 2017
Putting a tumultous couple of weeks behind them, students and staff at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School will be in a celebratory mood today. Graduation ceremonies for 335 Grade 12 students ge...
May 26, 2017
Renovations coming to Blackfalds Civic Centre
The Town of Blackfalds is working toward creating more room for its staff. Town Council has approved $302,000 in renovations to the downstairs area of the Civic Centre. The Seniors Centre is in the pr...
May 26, 2017
Edmonton murder suspect found in field near Rimbey
EDMONTON – A man wanted in the slaying of an Edmonton senior has been arrested after being found in a field near Rimbey. Police issued an arrest warrant for Walter James Jenkins, 34, after Frede...
May 26, 2017
Bullet tests clear Detroit man in prison since 1992
DETROIT - A man who claims Detroit police framed him for a 1992 slaying walked out of prison for the first time in 25 years after new tests showed bullets taken from the victim’s body didn’...
May 26, 2017
US durable goods orders fell for first time in 5 months
WASHINGTON - U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods dropped in April for the first time in five months, and a key category that tracks business investment went nowhere for the second straight...
May 26, 2017
US growth in Jan.-March upgraded to still-slow 1.2 pct. rate
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy began 2017 with a whimper - though not quite as weak a whimper as the government had first estimated. The gross domestic product - the broadest gauge of the economy - exp...
May 26, 2017
UK Labour leader links terror to wars as campaign resumes
LONDON - Four days after a suicide bombing plunged Britain into mourning, political campaigning for a general election in two weeks resumed Friday with the main opposition leader linking acts of terro...
May 26, 2017
New North Carolina restaurant deluged by $300,000 water bill
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Two brothers launching a new restaurant in North Carolina found themselves deluged by a $308,000 water bill. But now their water worries are over. The Charlotte Observer reported (ht...
May 26, 2017
Trump 'evolving' on climate action, pressured by Europeans
TAORMINA, Italy - Forceful face-to-face talks this week with fellow world leaders left President Donald Trump “more knowledgeable” and with “evolving” views about the global cl...
May 26, 2017
German police arrest suspected Islamic extremist
BERLIN - Police in western Germany have arrested a suspected Islamic extremist who they believe may have been planning an attack. The 32-year-old man, a German who was believed to have converted to Is...
May 26, 2017