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In the news today, May 27
Four stories in the news for Monday, May 27 --- INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO GRILL TECH GIANTS Tech giants will be in the hot seat this week as politicians from Canada and 10 other countr...
May 27, 2019
Scheer accuses Trudeau of 'stacking the deck' to get re-elected
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the Liberals' decision to name an anti-Conservative union to a panel that will decide which media outlets receive government funding is t...
May 27, 2019
Romania ruling party boss gets 3 1/2 years in prison for graft
BUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian court has sentenced the country's most powerful politician to 3 1/2 years in prison for official misconduct in a graft case. Monday's sentencing of Social Democratic Pa...
May 27, 2019
UK Brexit Party scores big as Conservatives, Labour falter
LONDON - Veteran euroskeptic Nigel Farage said Britain should get set to leave the European Union without a divorce deal, after an election across the bloc saw his Brexit Party and pro-EU forces carve...
May 27, 2019
Loewen named UCP caucus chair
He says it is a humbling honour.Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen has been picked as the caucus chair for the UCP."Obviously (I will be) chairing caucus meetings and there will be organizing the ca...
May 27, 2019 Photo from the Todd Loewen Facebook page
Bridge repairs start today on Township Road 734
The County of Grande Prairie says part of Township Road 734 will close for bridge repairs as of today.This will impact the stretch between Range Roads 65 and 70. Highway 59, along with Range Roads 65 ...
May 27, 2019 Supplied by the County of Grande Prairie
Raptors fans spill onto the streets ahead of potentially historic game
Cars honked, exhilarated fans chanted and long lines formed outside bars and restaurants on the streets of Toronto well into the night Saturday after the Toronto Raptors defeated the Milwaukee Bu...
May 27, 2019
Newfoundland Growlers give local hockey fans an inaugural season to cheer for
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It's not the Stanley Cup playoffs, but for hockey broadcaster Chris Ballard, the upcoming ECHL's Kelly Cup final could be even more exciting. The 32-year-old St. John's, N.L.,&...
May 27, 2019
Raptors fans spill onto the streets ahead of potentially historic game
Cars honked, exhilarated fans chanted and long lines formed outside bars and restaurants on the streets of Toronto well into the night Saturday after the Toronto Raptors defeated the Milwaukee Bu...
May 27, 2019
Trump breaks with Abe, says not bothered by NK missile tests
TOKYO - President Donald Trump said Monday he is not "personally" bothered by recent short-range missile tests that North Korea conducted this month, breaking with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ...
May 27, 2019