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In Bolivia, a new generation of wrestlers in bowler hats
EL ALTO, Bolivia - A new generation of athletes is coming to one of the world’s more colorful sporting spectacles: the fighting cholitas of Bolivia, who take to a wrestling ring in the tradition...
Feb 27, 2019
Midget AAA Storm off to Round 2
A full 60 minutes. A message which for any hockey player is a familiar one from coaches and in Game 5 of their best of five, the Grande Peace Athletic Club Ernies Sports Midget AAA Storm did just that...
Feb 27, 2019
House OKs Democrats' bill blocking Trump emergency on wall
WASHINGTON - House Democrats have ignored a veto threat and passed legislation that would stymie President Donald Trump’s bid for billions of extra dollars for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. The mov...
Feb 27, 2019
John William Rock shot over drug debt: Witness
A Grande Prairie court has heard that a 2014 shooting outside the Canadian Brewhouse happened over a drug debt. Nicholas Richard Harris is being tried for murder over the shooting death of John Willia...
Feb 27, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 27
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Feb. 27 --- WILSON-RAYBOULD TO TESTIFY ON SNC-LAVALIN AFFAIR Jody Wilson-Raybould is warning that she won’t be able to speak freely today about everything...
Feb 27, 2019
Calgary man charged for leaving child in cold vehicle for hours while he was at the casino
A Calgary man has been charged with child abandonment after his son says he was left in an unheated vehicle outside a casino for hours in frigid weather. Police say they were called to the Pure Casino...
Feb 27, 2019
Australian Cardinal Pell to spend his first night in prison
MELBOURNE, Australia - The most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex abuse was sent to prison on Wednesday and will wait two weeks to learn his sentence for molesting two choirboys in a ...
Feb 27, 2019
Teen girl attacked when she stopped to help another motorist
Alberta RCMP are warning motorists not to stop to help people by the side of a road who may be in distress after a would-be Good Samaritan was attacked. The heads-up comes after a 17-year-old girl was...
Feb 27, 2019
Pink Shirt Day 2019 hits the Swan City
Today marks the annual Pink Shirt Day celebration, a campaign focused on raising awareness for bullying that originated in Nova Scotia. Participants are encouraged to wear the colour pink to show thei...
Feb 27, 2019
3 people killed in train-vehicle collision on Long Island
WESTBURY, N.Y. - Two commuter trains travelling in opposite directions collided with a vehicle on the tracks in Westbury, killing all three occupants in the vehicle before one of the trains derailed a...
Feb 27, 2019