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Teen's plea for free Wendy's nuggets sets retweet record
RENO, Nev. - A Twitter plea from a Nevada teen for a year of free chicken nuggets from Wendy’s is now the most retweeted post of all time. Carter Wilkerson asked the fast food chain on Twitter l...
May 09, 2017
Fireworks cache explodes in Mexico home, killing 14 people
MEXICO CITY - An errant firecracker landed on a cache of fireworks and touched off a powerful explosion at a home in central Mexico, killing 11 children and three adults, authorities said Tuesday. Nat...
May 09, 2017
Anti-Semitic incidents on the rise in Canada: B'nai Brith
TORONTO - Anti-Semitism is on the rise in the country, a Jewish advocacy group said Tuesday, calling it a “made in Canada” phenomenon. B’nai Brith Canada, which has been tracking ant...
May 09, 2017
Wounded Mountie recalls how she fled gunman:'I said to myself, it's me he wants'
MONCTON, N.B. - An RCMP officer recalled feeling blood stream down her body as she fled a gunman who shot her twice and killed three other Mounties during a 2014 shooting spree. Const. Darlene Goguen,...
May 09, 2017
Lacombe moves toward setting 2017 property tax rate
LACOMBE- City Council has given first and second readings to the annual property tax bylaw. It includes a 3.26% municipal property tax increase, initially approved by Council last December. “Cou...
May 09, 2017
South Koreans watch vote count with Game of Thrones, hip hop
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Koreans don’t need to be bored by hours of vote-counting and punditry that fill airtime ahead of the announcement of a winner in the country’s presidentia...
May 09, 2017
Police remove 'angry' beaver that stopped traffic on Barrie, Ont., road
BARRIE, Ont. - Police say officers had to remove an angry beaver that stopped traffic north of Toronto. Barrie, Ont., police say they were called to a roadway around 9:30 p.m. last Friday where office...
May 09, 2017
Kids Okay after Calgary school bus catches fire
CALGARY- Rescuers managed to get 45 frightened children to safety before the school bus they were on burst into flames in the parking lot of a Calgary strip mall. Witnesses say the children were screa...
May 09, 2017
Wish you were here? V&A museum puts Pink Floyd on show
LONDON - The Victoria & Albert Museum’s new exhibition is a psychedelic time capsule of a show devoted to the band Pink Floyd, complete with floating pigs, surreal animations and trippy proj...
May 09, 2017
Westerner Park gets new crosswalk signs
RED DEER- As part of Westerner Park's safety initiatives, STEP Energy Services has partnered with Westerner Park to provide flashing LED pedestrian crosswalk signs. The new signs have been installed a...
May 09, 2017