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Norway opens probe into why cruise ship ventured into storm
COPENHAGEN - Norwegian officials have opened an investigation into why a cruise ship carrying more than 1,370 people set sail along the country's often wild western coast despite storm warnings, forci...
Mar 27, 2019
'It will get worse': Perilous times for kids hit by cyclone
BEIRA, Mozambique - Her name is Chuva, which in Portuguese means rain. For four days that was all she saw as she clung to her rooftop in the cyclone's aftermath and prayed to be saved. Maria Chuva cla...
Mar 27, 2019
UN makes urgent appeal to help victims of Mozambique cyclone
BEIRA, Mozambique - The United Nations is making an emergency appeal for $282 million for the next three months to help Mozambique start recovering from the devastation of Cyclone Idai. The U.N. fundi...
Mar 27, 2019
Shakira defends her song against plagiarism in Spanish court
MADRID - Colombian singers Shakira and Carlos Vives have appeared in a Madrid court to answer allegations by a Cuban-born singer and producer that they plagiarized his work in their award-winning hit ...
Mar 27, 2019
4 Peace region products have season end in Game 7
It was a heart-breaking end to the season for 4 Peace region hockey players Tuesday night.Falher product Walker Cote, Beaverlodge native Logan Moon, and Jarrod Isley and Eric Sorenson of Grande Prairi...
Mar 27, 2019 (photo credit to Clark Stork)
Toronto Blue Jays prepared to be underestimated for upcoming 2019 season
MONTREAL - Randal Grichuk is OK with the experts and pundits who've counted out the Toronto Blue Jays this season. "It's one of those (teams) where people are underestimating the talent that we have a...
Mar 27, 2019
Swan City product wins National Championship with Minot State
A former member of the Grande Prairie Storm and JDA Kings is a National Champion.Swan City product Kyle Lipinski and the the Minot State Beavers claimed the ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championship...
Mar 27, 2019 (photo credit to the JDA Kings twitter)
Street checks should be strictly limited - or banned outright, N.S. report says
HALIFAX - A new report on street checks and racial profiling by Halifax-area police has found they have a disproportionate and negative impact on the African Nova Scotia community, contributing t...
Mar 27, 2019
US trade gap falls 15 per cent to $51.1 billion in January
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit tumbled nearly 15 per cent in January as imports fell and exports rose. Shipments of American goods to China skidded to the lowest level in more than eight years as...
Mar 27, 2019
China ratchets up pressure on Canada by suspending another canola exporter
BEIJING - China says it suspended a second major Canadian canola exporter over alleged safety concerns as the diplomatic row between the two countries deepens further following the detention of a top ...
Mar 27, 2019