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Montreal longshoremen at country's second-largest port vote for strike mandate
MONTREAL - Longshoremen at Canada’s second largest port have voted nearly unanimously for a strike mandate in a move that is largely symbolic. Union spokesman Michel Murray announced Wednesday t...
Jan 02, 2019
California inmate takes unlikely path to freedom: Podcasting
OAKLAND, Calif. - In California, inmates typically are granted parole by doing good deeds or showing they have been rehabilitated by becoming pastors, drug counsellors or youth advocates. For Walter &...
Jan 02, 2019
CARTOON 12-24-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 12-24-2018
Jan 02, 2019
Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Headaches?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Woodpeckers can peck up to 20 times per second. Do they get headaches? Their skulls are separated from their beaks, with an air cushion softening blows. Th...
Jan 02, 2019
You Could Casually Ride An Alligator In the 1900s At This California Alligator Farm
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Would you let your child ride a full-grown 400-pound alligator? Opened in 1907 by "Alligator Joe" Campbell and Francis Earnest, the California Alligator Fa...
Jan 02, 2019
Canadian speedskater Isabelle Weidemann pushes her way into world's elite
CALGARY - Isabelle Weidemann has hit her stride, literally and figuratively, in long-track speedskating. Currently ranked No. 1 in the world in women’s distance racing, the 23-year-old from Otta...
Jan 02, 2019
China's leader urges action on unification with Taiwan
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping, declaring that independence is not an option for Taiwan, urged both sides to reach an early consensus on unification and not leave the issue for future generati...
Jan 02, 2019
Eugenie Bouchard advances to quarterfinals at ASB Classic
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard is off to the quarterfinals at the ASB Classic. The native of Westmount, Que., downed Bibiane Schoofs of the Netherlands 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 in th...
Jan 02, 2019
Drayton Valley weekly RCMP report Dec. 20 – Dec. 27
December 20 10:48 am - Drayton Valley, Wal Mart - Shoplifting - Report of someone scanning groceries at self checkout, placed items in bag and left without even attempting to pay. Suspect was contacte...
Jan 02, 2019
Fighting among rebels in northern Syria kills dozens
BEIRUT - Two days of fighting in rebel-held parts of northern Syria killed dozens of people as al-Qaida-linked militants press their offensive against Turkey-backed rebels, a war monitor and activists...
Jan 02, 2019