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Denmark allows Russia-Germany gas pipeline
COPENHAGEN - Denmark said Wednesday that it is giving permission for a joint German-Russian underwater gas pipeline to be laid to through its territory, in a blow to the United States, which had fierc...
Oct 30, 2019
NewsAlert: Andreescu eliminated WTA Finals
SHENZHEN, China - Canada's Bianca Andreescu has been eliminated from the WTA Finals after retiring from her match against Karolina Pliskova today with a left knee injury. Andreescu came up limping aft...
Oct 30, 2019
Lebanese protesters get creative as they block roads
BEIRUT - On a main thoroughfare in Beirut on Monday, Lebanese protesters set up a living room with an area rug, a couch and a refrigerator. On another, they held a morning yoga class. And on a third r...
Oct 30, 2019
IS leader's death ushers in new phase for the group
BEIRUT - One of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's last audio messages was an appeal for his followers to do everything in their power to free Islamic State detainees and the women being held in jails and camps i...
Oct 30, 2019
Colonel testifies he raised concerns about Ukraine, Trump
WASHINGTON - Defying White House orders, an Army officer serving with President Donald Trump's National Security Council testified to impeachment investigators Tuesday that he twice raised concerns ov...
Oct 30, 2019
Horner Cup, Peace and Athabasca Bowl finals all set
The finals are all set in both the Mighty Peace Football and Bantam Football Leagues.In the MPBFL, the Sexsmith Shamrocks are off to the Horner Cup final as took down the Peace River Prospectors 58-27...
Oct 30, 2019
Number of traffic lights knocked out along Bypass
Heads up if you're travelling the bypass north this morning, there are a number of traffic lights that have been knocked down. According to social media reports, a big rig or logging truck went throug...
Oct 30, 2019 Lights on the ground Bypass and 106 St. Oct. 30/19
Bregman regrets carrying bat to 1st after World Series homer
HOUSTON - Alex Bregman knocked a home run into the Crawford Boxes in the first inning of Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night to put Houston on top. Then he carried his bat with him all the way...
Oct 30, 2019
Continued sporting success the legacy of Vancouver Olympics: Furlong
VANCOUVER - John Furlong still sees the signature of the 2010 Olympic Games scrawled across Vancouver as he walks through the city's downtown. It's not just the cauldron where tourists gather for self...
Oct 30, 2019
Mother charged after Fox Creek child abduction pleads guilty
One of the two people charged after the abduction of three kids in Fox Creek prompted an Amber Alert is due back in court December 23 after pleading guilty to four of the six charges she was facing.Al...
Oct 30, 2019