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Quebec premier doesn't understand Alberta's energy industry: Ceci
OTTAWA- Alberta finance minister Joe Ceci says Quebec’s premier lacks understanding about Alberta’s energy industry. Ceci made the remark ahead of a federal-provincial finance ministers...
Dec 11, 2018
Minneapolis Star Tribune film critic resigns over plagiarism
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis Star Tribune’s film critic has resigned in the face of plagiarism accusations, the newspaper reported in an apology to its readers. The newspaper on Tuesday said it...
Dec 11, 2018
Juliette Binoche to head Berlin film festival jury
BERLIN - Juliette Binoche will be the jury president at this winter’s Berlin International Film Festival. Organizers of the festival announced Tuesday that the French actress will lead the jury ...
Dec 11, 2018
US wholesale prices rise 0.1 pct., a sign inflation in check
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices barely rose last month as a sharp decline in the cost of gas offset pricier freight trucking services and mobile phone plans. The Labor Department said Tuesday that ...
Dec 11, 2018
4 journalists and a newspaper are Time's Person of the Year
NEW YORK - Time magazine on Tuesday recognized journalists, including the slain Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, as its 2018 Person of the Year in what it said was an effort to emphasize the importanc...
Dec 11, 2018
Ex-diplomat who worked on Trudeau's Hong Kong visit detained in China
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has contacted Chinese authorities about the detention of a sometime Canadian diplomat in China at a time of intensifying tensions between the...
Dec 11, 2018
Annual Charity Gift Wrap Centre in support of the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter
RED DEER- From now until December 24, you can have your gifts wrapped for a good cause. Bring your gifts to Bower Place Shopping Centre and volunteers with the Central Alberta Women's Emergency Shelte...
Dec 11, 2018
UK's May hits narrowing road for help rescuing Brexit deal
BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Theresa May said she found “a shared determination” among some European leaders Tuesday to persuade the British Parliament to accept a proposed Brexit deal, but h...
Dec 11, 2018
The cost of France's protests running into billions
PARIS - France’s wave of protests and violence over the past month or so has already cost the eurozone’s second-largest economy a fortune. Road blockades, demonstrations and successive wee...
Dec 11, 2018
ESPN signs Jessica Mendoza to multiyear extension
Jessica Mendoza will have more of a presence on various ESPN platforms starting next baseball season. Mendoza signed a multiyear extension with ESPN to remain part of the “Sunday Night Baseball&...
Dec 11, 2018