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Red Deer man returns from heart surgery to run Woody's Marathon
Competitors from around the world will run in Sunday's Woody's Marathon in Red Deer. However, for one local man, the half-marathon is his long-awaited comeback from an immobilizing operation. Jeff Str...
May 20, 2017
Federal benefits workers told to stay offline when vetting applications
OTTAWA - Federal workers whose job it is to determine whether someone is eligible for employment, disability or seniors’ benefits have been told to stop being amateur sleuths by searching the Fa...
May 20, 2017
Indian woman cuts off genitals of her alleged rapist
NEW DELHI - A 24-year-old woman in southern India cut off the genitals of a Hindu holy man who tried to rape her and who she alleged has been sexually assaulting her for the past eight years, police s...
May 20, 2017
In Saudi Arabia, Melania Trump opts to keep her head bare
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Ignoring President Donald Trump’s past admonition, U.S. first lady Melania Trump did not cover her head Saturday when they arrived in Saudi Arabia on the opening leg of hi...
May 20, 2017
No winning ticket for Friday night's $37 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $37 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the grand prize for the next draw on May 26 will balloon to approximately $50 millio...
May 20, 2017
Report: Trump says firing 'nut job' Comey took off pressure
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump told Russian diplomats last week his firing of “nut job” James Comey had eased the pressure on him, even as the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation h...
May 20, 2017
Pelosi: Trump 'vulnerable personally' amid Russia probe
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has made himself “very vulnerable personally” amid investigations of his campaign ties with Russia, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday. She ...
May 20, 2017
US pitches plan to Russia to avoid armed conflict in Syria
WASHINGTON - The United States has proposed to Russia a plan for managing an increasingly complex battlefield in Syria’s main oil-producing region, where U.S.-backed forces fighting Islamic extr...
May 20, 2017
Iraq's special forces shrink IS stronghold in western Mosul
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s special forces declared their aspect of the mission to reclaim Mosul completed on Saturday. However heavy fighting still looms between other Iraqi forces and the Islamic State g...
May 20, 2017
Saudis welcome Trump with gold medal, receive arms package
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - President Donald Trump basked in Saudi Arabia’s lavish royal welcome Saturday as he left behind, at least temporarily, the snowballing controversies dogging him in Washing...
May 20, 2017