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Appeals court acquits French cardinal of sex abuse coverup
LYON, France - A French appeals court on Thursday threw out a lower court ruling convicting a French cardinal of covering up the sexual abuse of minors in his flock, a decision culminating a drama tha...
Feb 1, 2020
Europe evacuates citizens from China, Russia shuts border
LISBON, Portugal - European countries stepped up efforts Thursday to contain the virus sweeping through central China, sending a chartered airliner there to evacuate hundreds of European citizens, scr...
Feb 1, 2020
UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China
GENEVA - The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has spread to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spi...
Feb 1, 2020
Wary of irking China, Trump offers rosy take on virus threat
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump regaled a friendly New Jersey campaign crowd with his thoughts about with his thoughts about impeachment, the economy, the border wall, local politics and much more...
Feb 1, 2020
Parents charged after Chicago boy shot in struggle over gun
CHICAGO - The parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head as his parents struggled over a gun inside a Chicago home were each ordered held on Thursday in lieu of $10,000 bond. Travis McCoy, 2...
Feb 1, 2020
Bank of England holds fire as Brexit uncertainty eases
LONDON - The Bank of England on Thursday opted against cutting interest rates amid signs of improvement in the British economy in the run-up to Britain's imminent departure from the European Union. Th...
Feb 1, 2020
Nominations open for Leaders of Tomorrow Award
The Grande Prairie Volunteer Service Bureau (GPVSB) is accepting nominations for the annual Leaders of Tomorrow Awards.The Awards recognize youth aged 13-18, from Grande Prairie and the surrounding re...
Feb 1, 2020 the 2019 Leaders of Tomorrow Awards (photo by Courtney Almeida)
Federal IT systems at risk of 'critical failure,' Trudeau warned in memo
OTTAWA - Newly released briefing notes for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau describe the dire state of federal computer systems, which deliver billions in benefits and are on the precipice...
Feb 1, 2020
No need to change Canada's plans after WHO declares global emergency: officials
Canada is already taking the right steps to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, so there is no need to change things now that the World Health Organization has declared a global emergenc...
Feb 1, 2020
Indigenous community votes down proposed nuclear waste bunker near Lake Huron
TORONTO - An Ontario Indigenous community has overwhelmingly rejected a proposed nuclear-waste bunker in their area. Members of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation voted 85 per cent against the deep geologic r...
Feb 1, 2020