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Walmart to pay $282 million over foreign corruption charges
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Walmart agreed Thursday to pay $282 million to settle federal allegations of overseas corruption, including funneling more than $500,000 to an intermediary in Brazil who was known as...
Jun 20, 2019
Select few allowed to swim in Hearst Castle pools
SAN SIMEON, Calif. - The Foundation at Hearst Castle is offering a chance to swim in the California landmark's iconic pools, where Lady Gaga and Hollywood's Golden Age celebrities dipped their toes. T...
Jun 20, 2019
2 more duck boat workers indicted in sinking that killed 17
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A federal grand jury has indicted two more employees of a company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people. Curtis Lanham, the general manag...
Jun 20, 2019
Pair charged in death of missing Sturgeon Lake man
Two men have been charged with murder in relation to a missing Sturgeon Lake man. Barry Goodswimmer was reported missing June 16 and Thursday Major Crimes confirmed they have laid first degree murder ...
Jun 20, 2019
Edmonton QB Harris leads team into showdown with former Esks QB Reilly, Lions
EDMONTON - With Mike Reilly leaving the Edmonton Eskimos for the B.C. Lions and Trevor Harris coming in from the Ottawa Redblacks to take his place this off-season, it was inevitable most of the talk ...
Jun 20, 2019
Family doctor tells B.C. inquest teens have right to privacy about their health
VICTORIA - The family doctor who delivered Elliot Eurchuk as a baby and saw him as a patient until 18 months before his death told a British Columbia's coroner's inquest that teens have the right...
Jun 20, 2019
B.C. imposes interim moratorium on resource development to protect caribou
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government plans to sign a caribou protection strategy while it imposes an interim moratorium on new resource development in areas where the animals are stru...
Jun 20, 2019
Peace Region product new Wolves women's basketball coach
A man originally from Valleyview and a one-time GPRC student is the new head coach of the Wolves women's basketball team. Bill Bradley has a dozen years coaching experience, most recently spending fiv...
Jun 20, 2019 Photo supplied by GPRC
Monument to Canada's war in Afghanistan gets a home after years of bickering
OTTAWA - A site has been officially approved for the federal government's promised national monument for the war in Afghanistan, five years after the memorial was first promised. The decision by the N...
Jun 20, 2019
Shark attack survivor gets message from Robert Downey Jr.
RALEIGH, N.C. - A North Carolina teenager who lost a leg in a shark attack this month got a personal message Tuesday from the actor who plays "Iron Man" in Marvel's superhero movies. Robert Downey Jr....
Jun 20, 2019