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Germany: Love Parade trial headed for inconclusive end
BERLIN - The trial of 10 people in Germany over a deadly mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival in 2010 appears likely to be closed without a formal verdict. Four event organizers and six...
Jan 17, 2019
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign OL Stanley Bryant to one-year extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-signed offensive lineman Stanley Bryant to a one-year contract extension Thursday. Bryant was named the CFL’s top lineman for a second straight season in ...
Jan 17, 2019
Number of federal workers seeking US jobless aid doubles
WASHINGTON - The number of furloughed federal employees seeking unemployment benefits jumped in the first two weeks of the shutdown, topping 10,000 during the week of Jan. 5. The Labor Department said...
Jan 17, 2019
Watchdog: Thousands more children may have been separated
WASHINGTON - Thousands more migrant children may have been split from their families than the Trump administration previously reported, in part because officials were stepping up family separations lo...
Jan 17, 2019
Gladys Knight to sing national anthem at the Super Bowl
NEW YORK - Gladys Knight will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at this year’s Super Bowl. The seven-time Grammy Award-winner says she’s proud to use her voice to “unite an...
Jan 17, 2019
Supreme Court rejects Calgary man's appeal in neighbour's fatal stabbing
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a man who argued he was fending off an attempted sexual assault when he stabbed his new neighbour 37 times. Nicholas Rasberry of Calgary was sen...
Jan 17, 2019
Colombia asks Cuba to arrest ELN negotiators for car bombing
BOGOTA - Colombian President Ivan Duque on Friday demanded Cuba arrest 10 peace negotiators from the National Liberation Army after his government blamed the leftist group for a car bombing against a ...
Jan 17, 2019
British sailor's gang rape case adjourned, verdict expected Friday
HALIFAX - The high-profile case of a British sailor accused in an alleged gang rape at a Halifax-area military base has been adjourned until Friday. Justice Patrick Duncan was scheduled to deliver his...
Jan 17, 2019
Speed skating hits the ice this weekend at Setters Place
The Red Deer Central Lions Speed Skating Club is hosting its inaugural long track race at the new Setters Place in Great Chief Park this weekend. Dubbed the 'Jeremy Wotherspoon Open' in honour of the ...
Jan 17, 2019
Former PQ minister Yves-Francois Blanchet acclaimed as Bloc Quebecois leader
MONTREAL - The Bloc Quebecois will vote only in Quebec’s interests without regard for the rest of the country, Yves-Francois Blanchet vowed Thursday on his first day as leader of the struggling ...
Jan 17, 2019