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Venezuelan Cruz-Diez, pioneer in kinetic art, dies in Paris
CARACAS, Venezuela - Carlos Cruz-Diez, a leading Venezuelan artist and a pioneering figure in the style known as kinetic art, has died in Paris at age 95. Cruz-Diez's official website said Sunday the ...
Jul 28, 2019
AP Interview: Indonesia's Widodo to push unpopular reforms
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said in an interview Friday that he will push ahead with sweeping and potentially unpopular economic reforms, including a more business-friendly l...
Jul 28, 2019
'Yes the bridges are cut': Kanesatake Grand Chief refuses talks with Oka mayor
MONTREAL - A war of words between a First Nations grand chief and a small-town Quebec mayor instigated hours of meetings Friday with federal and provincial officials, but the underlying conflict ...
Jul 28, 2019
Lights 2-0 at Provincials
The Northern Light U18 AAA baseball team is at provincials in Fort McMurray and celebrated another win Saturday. They beat the Calgary Dinos 6-2 to improve to 2-0 at the championships. Pitchers for th...
Jul 28, 2019 (Photo: Facebook/Northern Lights Baseball Academy)
Supreme Court of Canada says military's no-juries justice system constitutional
OTTAWA - Military members accused of serious offences under military law do not have a constitutional right to jury trials, the Supreme Court ruled Friday. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms guar...
Jul 28, 2019
Swedish court documents give details on A$AP Rocky case
HELSINKI - Swedish authorities have released court documents in the assault case in which American rapper A$AP Rocky and two other men are charged, with prosecutors saying that the victim was punched ...
Jul 28, 2019
Cosby appeal to focus on other women's testimony, Quaaludes
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Prosecutors set to defend Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction in appeals court next month say the accusations from other women are no coincidence, but "the culmination of a decade...
Jul 28, 2019
Seniors killed in fatal car crash in southern Alberta
COALDALE, Alta. - The RCMP say a couple in their 80's are dead after their vehicle collided with a tractor trailer in southern Alberta.The crash happened Saturday evening near Coaldale, Alta., just ea...
Jul 28, 2019
Cardinal Ortega, former archbishop of Havana, dies at 82
HAVANA - Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, a sugar worker's son who oversaw the first papal visit to Cuba, helped lower barriers to believers in the communist country and played a role in mediati...
Jul 28, 2019
Woman dead after domestic incident in Rocky Mountain House
RCMP South Major Crimes Unit announced Saturday they are investigating a homicide in the west central Alberta town of Rocky Mountain House.Police say they responded just after 7:30 p.m. on July 26 (Fr...
Jul 28, 2019 (B94/RockynewsNOW)