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International court judges authorize Rohingya investigation
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - International Criminal Court judges on Thursday approved a request from prosecutors to open an investigation into crimes committed against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority. ...
Nov 14, 2019
Split Supreme Court appears ready to allow Trump to end DACA
WASHINGTON - Sharply at odds with liberal justices, the Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to abolish protections that permit 660,000 immigran...
Nov 14, 2019
Western municipal leaders team up to advocate for prairie provinces
Medicine Hat, AB - Since the election, talks of western alienation have left tensions high among the prairie provinces.That's why the Federation of Canadian Municipalities has announced the "Western E...
Nov 14, 2019 Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba coat of arms
Workers at risk of losing jobs to AI can be retrained for health care, RBC says
OTTAWA - A new report says some of the more than one million Canadian workers who could lose their jobs to machines could fill growing gaps in the nation's health-care system with the right train...
Nov 14, 2019
Salvation Army's Christmas Kettle campaign in need of donations, volunteers
The Grande Prairie Salvation Army is calling for donations, and volunteers, for their annual Christmas Kettle fundraiser.A brass quartet played Christmas tunes as the Salvation Army launched their fun...
Nov 14, 2019 Peter Kim at the launch of the Salvation Army's Christmas Kettle fundraiser (photo by Liam Verster)
Money for bridge project in Peace River still in the provincial budget
The province says money for continued work on twinning the Highway 2 bridge in Peace River is in the new budget.Alberta Transportation says there is $56-million in Budget 2019 for this project.Constru...
Nov 14, 2019 Photo from the Alberta Transportation web site
Pope demands tech companies prevent kids from viewing porn
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is demanding that Facebook, Apple, Google and other tech companies urgently take measures to remove child porn from the web and to prevent children from accessing pornograp...
Nov 14, 2019
Turkey to deport IS suspect stuck at Greek border to US
ANKARA, Turkey - A U.S. national and suspected Islamic State group member, who has spent three days in a no man's land between Turkey and Greece after Ankara tried to deport him, will be repatriated t...
Nov 14, 2019
Powerful hard-liner: Iran should stop honouring nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran - A member of Iran's powerful Guardian Council says the Islamic Republic should stop honouring all terms of the collapsing 2015 nuclear deal with world powers amid tensions with the U.S. ...
Nov 14, 2019
An unapologetic Don Cherry and a button-loving toddler; In-The-News for Nov. 12
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 12. What we are watching in Canada ... MI...
Nov 14, 2019