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UK leader unveils Brexit Plan B, looks a lot like Plan A
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled her Brexit Plan B on Monday - and it looks a lot like Plan A. May launched a mission to resuscitate her rejected European Union divorce deal, setti...
Jan 21, 2019
Correction: Native American March-Videos story
DETROIT - In stories Jan. 19 and 20 about an encounter between a Native American and a Kentucky student, The Associated Press reported that Indian Country Today said the Native American, Nathan Philli...
Jan 21, 2019
Reinvented legacy: Nazi's paintings fund foundation for Jews
BERLIN - When Hilde Schramm inherited several paintings collected by her father, Hitler’s chief architect and Armaments Minister Albert Speer, she was only sure of one thing: she didn’t wa...
Jan 21, 2019
Applications now open for Red Deer Arts Council scholarships
RED DEER- The Red Deer Arts Council is now accepting applications for the Princess Margaret Scholarship, Centennial Scholarship and Waskasoo Bluegrass Music Scholarship. These scholarships are various...
Jan 21, 2019
Blackfalds RCMP seize numerous firearms
BLACKFALDS- Following the execution of a search warrant on Jan. 17 at a home in Blackfalds, 14 insecure firearms were seized including one that was reported stolen earlier at a break and enter in Pono...
Jan 21, 2019
Winter storm brings snow, rain, wind and cold to Eastern, Central Canada
A powerful storm brought heavy snow and rain and bitter temperatures to much of Eastern and Central Canada, reminding Canadians of the many ways an unforgiving climate can disrupt their lives. The wid...
Jan 21, 2019
Kamala Harris opens presidential bid
WASHINGTON - Kamala Harris, a first-term senator and former California attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of President Donald Trump’s nominees, entered the Democratic presidenti...
Jan 21, 2019
Indian police investigate suspected people smuggling to NZ
NEW DELHI - Police in southern India are investigating a suspected attempt to illegally transport scores of Indians on an overcrowded boat to New Zealand. The additional superintendent of police in Ke...
Jan 21, 2019
World champion Osmond says it's "really nice" not to know what future holds
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Kaetlyn Osmond has a world title, Olympic medals of every colour, and she accomplished it all after rebounding from a gruesome broken leg that almost made her quit figure skating. W...
Jan 21, 2019
Spanish rescuers battle tough conditions to reach toddler
MADRID - Spanish officials say rescuers are making slow progress in exceptionally difficult conditions to reach a 2-year-old boy who fell into a narrow, deep borehole in the countryside eight days ago...
Jan 21, 2019