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Nation by nation, the world watches Election Day in the US
For four years, the world's nations have watched as a very different American president engages with the international community - or doesn't. Longtime alliances have been strained, agreements wiped a...
Nov 03, 2020
Online registry to gather condolences for victims of Quebec City sword attack
QUEBEC - The Quebec government has launched an online registry to collect messages of condolence following Saturday night's sword attack that left two dead in Quebec City. Premier Francois Legault is ...
Nov 03, 2020
Evidence deadline looms in case of Epstein's ex-girlfriend
NEW YORK - Prosecutors and defence lawyers are clashing days before a deadline for evidence to be turned over in the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein's one-time girlfriend on charges that she recruited ...
Nov 03, 2020
City Council highlights from Monday's meeting
Highlights from Monday's Grande Prairie City Council meeting:Council has officially added the trigger for when the Temporary Mandatory Face Covering (Mask) Bylaw would be deactivated. It has added the...
Nov 03, 2020
Allard says Highway 40 twinning project on track for 2021 start
Grande Prairie MLA Tracy Allard was back out on the job this past weekend, following her recovery from COVID-19.Allard, who also serves as the Minister of Municipal Affairs in Alberta, tested positive...
Nov 03, 2020
Uganda police arrest Bobi Wine after presidential nomination
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan police on Tuesday again arrested Bobi Wine, a popular singer and opposition presidential hopeful, just after he was successfully certified as a candidate in next year's elect...
Nov 03, 2020
Dutch train caught by whale sculpture to be salvaged
SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands - A salvage operation got underway Tuesday to lift a runaway metro train off a sculpture of a whale's tail, where it landed after plowing through the end of an elevated sectio...
Nov 03, 2020
Germany eyes antigen tests to keep elderly safe from virus
BERLIN - As Europe tries to break a surge in coronavirus infections, Germany is counting on a new type of test to avoid closing nursing homes to visitors, a move that caused considerable anguish among...
Nov 03, 2020
Northern Greece locks down as Europe tightest restrictions
ATHENS, Greece - A lockdown came into effect in northern Greece on Tuesday, with the southeastern European country joining the list of the continent's nations tightening restrictions to restrain rapid...
Nov 03, 2020
Control of Senate at stake as Trump's allies face Democrats
WASHINGTON - Control of the Senate is a razor-close proposition in Tuesday's election, as Republicans fight to retain their majority against a surge of Democratic candidates confronting the president'...
Nov 03, 2020