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Family grieving after bodies of mom and daughter found
The aunt of a Calgary toddler whose body was found along with her mother's says she hoped they would be found alive, but had also braced for the worst.Josie Sanderson, who lives in St. Catherine's, On...
May 07, 2019
Fog Advisory in effect
There is a fog advisory in place. It is in effect for much of the Grande Prairie region: Co. of Grande Prairie near Beaverlodge Hythe and Demmitt Co. of Grande Prairie near Grande Prairie and Wembley ...
May 07, 2019
Canada welcomes any U.S. help on dispute with China, says rural minister
OTTAWA - A Nova Scotia cabinet minister says the federal government would welcome any help the United States could offer in helping Canada in its ongoing dispute with China. "I would say that it would...
May 07, 2019
Bear Creek Folk Music Festival gets $87,500 worth of funding from the City
The City has approved $87,500 worth of funding to go to the Bear Creek Folk Music Festival. The funding was awarded to the festival, as part of the city's 2019 Large Scale Tourism Grant Funding progra...
May 07, 2019 2018 Bear Creek Folk Music Festival. Photo/ Martine Martell
B.C. Green win sends message to established parties that climate issue a winner
NANAIMO, B.C. - British Columbia voters sent a message that Canadians are deeply concerned about the environment and climate issues will be at the forefront in October's federal election campaign, jub...
May 07, 2019
Let's make a Brexit deal, UK PM May tells Labour opposition
LONDON - Britain's Conservative government and opposition Labour Party have a duty to strike a compromise Brexit agreement to end months of political deadlock over Britain's exit from the European Uni...
May 07, 2019
Police find body in Cyprus lake, tie rape to serial killings
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Police in Cyprus recovered a second suitcase containing human remains Sunday from a contaminated lake where a military officer who confessed to killing seven foreign women and girls ...
May 07, 2019
Israel steps up strikes as Gaza rocket attacks intensify
JERUSALEM - Gaza militants fired hundreds of rockets into southern Israel on Sunday, killing at least four Israelis and bringing life to a standstill across the region in the bloodiest fighting since ...
May 07, 2019
Pompeo meeting with Merkel cancelled over 'pressing issues'
BERLIN - The U.S. State Department says a planned meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chancellor Angela Merkel has been cancelled. Pompeo was due to meet Merkel and German Foreign ...
May 07, 2019
Maximum Security owner weighs options after disqualification
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Maximum Security co-owner Gary West criticized race stewards' disqualification of his horse's Kentucky Derby victory as "egregious" and said he was pondering his next step, including...
May 07, 2019