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Calgary looking at removing fluoride from water
Calgary’s city councillors voted last night for the University of Calgary’s O’Brien Institute for Public Health to examine the effects of the city’s decision to remove fluoride...
Feb 26, 2019

AER conditionally approves tailings management plan for oilsands mine
The Alberta Energy Regulator has conditionally approved a tailings management plan for an oilsands mine, despite its reliance on an unproven reclamation method. Suncor Energy’s Fort Hills mine i...
Feb 26, 2019

R. Kelly leaves jail after posting $100K in sex abuse case
CHICAGO - R. Kelly walked out of a Chicago jail Monday after posting $100,000 bail that allows him to go free while awaiting trial on charges that he sexually abused four people dating back to 1998, i...
Feb 26, 2019

Seinfeld sues California classic car dealer over '58 Porsche
NEW YORK - Jerry Seinfeld sued a California dealer in classic cars Monday, saying the company has left the comedian stranded in a dispute over whether a 1958 Porsche he sold is authentic. Seinfeld sou...
Feb 26, 2019

Spanish court summons Shakira to answer tax evasion charges
MADRID - A Spanish court investigating Shakira for possibly evading 14.5 million euros ($16.4 million) in taxes has called on the pop music star to testify in mid-June. Prosecutors charged the singer ...
Feb 26, 2019

NPHL playoffs resume with pair of Game 3's Tuesday
Following a pair of days off, the North Peace Hockey League playoffs will resume Tuesday night with both series playing Game 3. In Falher, the Pirates will look to build off their 5-2 win on the road ...
Feb 26, 2019

Kings and Navs push NWJHL 1st round series the distance
Both NWJHL 1st round series are going the distance. This after two big road wins by the JDA Kings and the North Peace Navigators Monday night. In Sexsmith, it was the sixth seeded Vipers looking to co...
Feb 26, 2019

Australian Cardinal Pell convicted of molesting 2 choirboys
MELBOURNE, Australia - The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholi...
Feb 26, 2019

As Kim's car passes, North Korean defector cries and shouts
HANOI, Vietnam - A tearful North Korean defector shouted “Please, let me go back home!” as a black limousine carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un passed by her in Hanoi on Tuesday. Shi...
Feb 26, 2019

Guhle plays 1st game with the Ducks
Former member of the Grande Peace Athletic Club Brendan Guhle debuted with the Anaheim Ducks last night on the west coast. Despite a 4-0 loss to the Vancouver Canucks Monday night, the former member o...
Feb 26, 2019