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Canada slips to third in Pan Am overall medals, fourth in gold standings
LIMA, Peru - The Lima Pan Am Games drew to a close Sunday with Canada slipping in the medal standings, but securing several valuable qualification spots for the Tokyo Olympics next year...
Aug 13, 2019

County crime outbreak leads to funding for two additional RCMP officers
A rash of crimes in the west part of the County of Grande Prairie has prompted a request for more help from the Beaverlodge RCMP detachment.Detachment Commander Ash Browne asked County Council Monday ...
Aug 13, 2019

US delays tariffs on some Chinese goods, drops others
WASHINGTON - The United States is delaying tariffs on Chinese-made cellphones, laptop computers and other items and removing other Chinese imports from its target list altogether in a move that trigge...
Aug 13, 2019

US consumer prices rose 0.3% amid widespread cost increases
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices rose 0.3% in July, pushed higher by more expensive gas, medical care and housing. The consumer price index increased 1.8% compared with a year earlier, up from 1.6% i...
Aug 13, 2019

Trudeau, Tory to discuss gun violence a day after police funding announced
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to meet with Toronto's mayor today to discuss possible strategies to combat gun violence. The prime minister's meeting with John Tory is set to...
Aug 13, 2019

Octavia Spencer to be honoured by gay-rights education group
LOS ANGELES - Octavia Spencer will be honoured by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network with its Inspiration Award at a gala later this year. The group known as GLSEN announced Tuesday that ...
Aug 13, 2019

Wheatbelt Final resumes Tuesday in Rycroft
After a week off the Wheatbelt Baseball League Final will resume Tuesday evening in Rycroft as the Rage host the County Brewers in Game 2 of their best of five series.Game 2 was originally scheduled f...
Aug 13, 2019 (photo credit to Jeromy Corrigan)

Comedian Andy Dick reports attack in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS - Comedian Andy Dick says he was assaulted outside a New Orleans nightclub after performing in the French Quarter. Dick tells The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate he was unconscious...
Aug 13, 2019

Will populist politics undo a renaissance at Italy's Uffizi?
FLORENCE, Italy - To protect the masterpieces at the Uffizi Galleries, the Florence museum's director climbed a ladder and hurled an employee's bicycle down at a sheet of glass specially made to keep ...
Aug 13, 2019

Vigen claims Battle of the North title
The 2019 edition of the Battle of the North Championship in Dawson Creek is in the books and Chance Vigen is this years Champion.Vigen claimed the crown in a penalty free Championship final heat with ...
Aug 13, 2019 (photo credit to World Professional Chuckwagon Association Facebook page)