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UCP creates ads to retort NDP claims of plan to sell parks
EDMONTON - Alberta politicians are reaching deep into pop music's memory bank hoping that their messages about the province's parks stick in people's ears.The United Conservative government released a...
Nov 2, 2020
Bail set at $2m for teen accused in Wisconsin shootings
Bail was set at $2 million on Monday for a 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two men and wounding a third during an August protest in Kenosha, after the father of one of the victims told th...
Nov 2, 2020
Awareness campaigns go in Grande Prairie to mark Family Violence Prevention month
November is Family Violence Prevention Month, and IMPACT Grande Prairie is using the month to raise awareness and educate the public on domestic and sexual violence, and the available supports for vic...
Nov 2, 2020
Dean, Drysdale, Buck, Shulman, Michaels up for Frick Award
NEW YORK - The late Hall of Fame pitchers Dizzy Dean and Don Drysdale are candidates for the Hall's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting, along with Fox's Joe Buck, ESPN's Dan S...
Nov 2, 2020
Raptors' Engelbrecht: Every draft prospect has unique pandemic challenges
TORONTO - It's the longest pre-draft year in NBA history, stretching now into its 17th month. So long, that for the first time in his NBA career, Patrick Engelbrecht is still scouting draft pros...
Nov 2, 2020
Construction of the Montrose skating oval underway
Construction on the family skating rink next to the Montrose Cultural Centre is underway. The rink was first opened in late January of 2019 and was built as a place for families to skate and enjoy the...
Nov 2, 2020
Bill introduced to provide businesses with direct access to rent relief
OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced a long-awaited bill to provide businesses with direct access to emergency rent relief - almost a month after announcing the new measure. The bill would a...
Nov 2, 2020
Austrian police say several injured after gunfire in Vienna
VIENNA - Austrian police said Monday that several people were injured and officers were out in force following gunfire in the capital Vienna. Oskar Deutsch, the head of the Jewish community in Vienna,...
Nov 2, 2020
Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes
HOUSTON - A federal judge on Monday rejected another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centres established ...
Nov 2, 2020
In Brazil, a parrot puppeteer’s death stirs the nation
RIO DE JANEIRO - In a time of so much loss, it is rare for an individual death to stir a country. And it is extraordinary for national grief to be triggered by the passing of a puppet. But so it was i...
Nov 2, 2020