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US consumers increase spending a modest 0.4% in May
WASHINGTON - Consumer spending increased 0.4% in May, a modest gain that suggests Americans remain confident enough about the economy's outlook to keep shopping. The Commerce Department said Friday th...
Jun 28, 2019
Justices won't revive Alabama ban on abortion procedure
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court won't revive Alabama's ban on the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions. The measure has been blocked by lower courts. The justices on Friday reject...
Jun 28, 2019
France fries: Record heat hits tourists, schools, hospitals
PARIS - Schools are dousing kids with water and nursing homes are equipping the elderly with hydration sensors as France and other nations battle a record-setting heat wave baking much of Europe. Seve...
Jun 28, 2019
First member ace at GP Golf and Country Club Thursday
The odds of an average golfer sinking a hole in one are about 12,500 to 1.Thursday night the 1 happened at the Grande Prairie Golf and Country Club.Shayne Sieker sunk an ace on the par 3 2nd hole Thur...
Jun 28, 2019 (photo credit to the Grande Prairie Golf and Country Club)
Rage snap Brewers winning streak at 9
The County Brewers lengthy winning streak has come to an end at the hands of the Rycroft Rage.Rycroft scored all three of their runs in the bottom half of the 3rd inning to earn a 3-2 win over the fir...
Jun 28, 2019
Eric Trump says he was spit on at Chicago cocktail lounge
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump said the U.S. Secret Service took an employee of a Chicago cocktail lounge into custody after she spit on him. Eric Trump told Breitbart News in a tel...
Jun 28, 2019
Desert Ride looking to end Sam-Son Farm's drought in Queen's Plate
TORONTO - Steve Bahen and Desert Ride face a formidable challenge in returning Sam-Son Farm to the winner's circle at the $1-million Queen's Plate. The Woodbine Oaks champion will be the lone fil...
Jun 28, 2019
In the news today, June 28
Five stories in the news for Friday, June 28 --- CHINESE SPY CASE TANGLED IN SECRECY SPATS The case of a Canadian man accused of trying to spy for China is once again tied up in mysteri...
Jun 28, 2019
Mid-July the target opening time for Wembley water line
Aquatera has targeted mid-July as the time when the water line from Grande Prairie will be complete and in use.The company's Engineering Services Manager Ralph Wohlgemuth says a repair, plus some test...
Jun 28, 2019
At The Turn: Practice, persistence pays off in golf's Parkinson Project
CHATSWORTH, Ont. - Seeking solace in enormous homemade cheeseburgers, coolers of cold beer and handfuls of Advil, eight old friends were nursing their wounds from the day's 36-hole marathon,...
Jun 28, 2019