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Millions in Bebawi's accounts were bonuses authorized by SNC bosses: defence
MONTREAL - A jury was told today that millions of dollars that ended up in the accounts of a former SNC-Lavalin executive on trial for fraud and corruption were legitimate bonuses authorized by the co...
Dec 10, 2019
Newspaper criticizes film's take on Olympic bombing coverage
ATLANTA - After a bomb exploded in a downtown Atlanta park midway through the 1996 Olympics, a security guard initially cast as a hero was transformed into a villain virtually overnight. More than 20 ...
Dec 10, 2019
Banana, duct tape add up to $150,000 at Art Basel Miami
MIAMI - 3D-printed cocktails, a traffic jam sculpture made of hundreds of tons of sand and more celebrity sightings than a Kardashian Christmas party were all part of over-the-top festivities during t...
Dec 10, 2019
GPFC's Aboriginal Head Start program earns provincial recognition
The Grande Prairie Friendship Centre's Aboriginal Head Start program has received provincial honours for their work.The program was named a recipient of one of the Minister's Awards of Excellence in C...
Dec 10, 2019 Program Coordinator for the Aboriginal Head Start program Joleen Bateman is presented with the Minister's Award of Excellence in Child Development at Government House on Monday (Photo: Joleen Bateman)
Toronto Raptors fans more grateful than hateful of Kawhi Leonard
TORONTO - Two nights after Paul George's hostile treatment in Indiana, it should be nothing but love for his teammate Kawhi Leonard in Toronto Leonard will be presented with his NBA champion...
Dec 10, 2019
Almost one-third of Peace Region crop still in the field
Almost one-third of the crop in the Peace Country will stay in the field all winter.Alberta Agriculture, in its last crop report of 2019, says the Peace has the most unharvested acres in Alberta as 67...
Dec 10, 2019 Photo by Oleg Zaikin, from www.dreamstime.com
Heavy gunfire reported in Jersey City neighbourhood
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Heavy gunfire was exchanged Tuesday for at least an hour in a Jersey City neighbourhood. SWAT teams responded to the scene, and police have blocked off the major thoroughfare. Loud...
Dec 10, 2019
Crews still battling fire from crude oil train derailment in central Saskatchewan
LANIGAN, Sask. - Saskatchewan's public safety agency says crews are working in frigid temperatures as they continue to battle a fire that started when a freight train carrying...
Dec 10, 2019
Tax cuts, flood fight and cost-control on Manitoba premier's agenda
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is promising a "bolder" approach in 2020 with his Progressive Conservative government now in its second term. Pallister says despite fears of a potentially ...
Dec 10, 2019
Brazil's Bolsonaro calls activist Greta Thunberg a "brat"
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday called young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg a "brat" after she expressed concern about the slayings of indigenous Brazilian...
Dec 10, 2019