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New Canadian Tire opens in Grande Prairie this week
The largest single-level Canadian Tire store in the country is finally set to open in Grande Prairie this week. A soft-opening is scheduled for Thursday with the long-awaited Grand Opening taking plac...
Mar 18, 2019
Beto O'Rourke says he raised $6.1M online in 1st 24 hours
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke raised more than $6 million online during the first 24 hours after he announced his White House bid, the highest first-day number rep...
Mar 18, 2019
FIS spends $35B on Worldpay as digital payments surge
CINCINNATI - Fidelity National Information Services is buying Worldpay for about $35 billion with financial transactions increasingly moving online. The online payment industry has been consolidating ...
Mar 18, 2019
Andreescu rockets to No. 24 in WTA Tour rankings after Indian Wells title
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu has rocketed to No. 24 in the WTA Tour world rankings after her stunning victory at Indian Wells. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., rose 36 positions on this week...
Mar 18, 2019
La Scala board to decide on controversial Saudi funding
MILAN - The directors of Italy’s premier opera house, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, are meeting to decide whether to accept controversial funding from Saudi Arabia. The meeting Monday came amid me...
Mar 18, 2019
AP FACT CHECK: Trump plays down white nationalist threat
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump appears to be oblivious to the threat of white nationalism. Following a deadly mosque shooting in New Zealand, he said white supremacy isn’t a rising danger. ...
Mar 18, 2019
UK prime minister in last-minute push to win Brexit support
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May was making a last-minute push Monday to win support for her European Union divorce deal, warning opponents that failure to approve it would mean a long - an...
Mar 18, 2019
Defiant vigil starts healing in New Zealand after massacre
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - They came together as one, more than 1,000 students from rival Christchurch schools and different religions, joining voices to honour the 50 lives lost in a massacre that h...
Mar 18, 2019
Trump says media trying to blame him for NZ massacre
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he is unfairly being blamed for the New Zealand mosque massacre. Trump tweeted Monday that the media “is working overtime to blame me for the horrible at...
Mar 18, 2019
R. Kelly case spotlights abuse of girls in the era of #MeToo
NEW YORK - The girls, a dozen of them 15 to 18 years old, file into a conference room in a downtown Brooklyn office building, taking seats in chairs carefully arranged in a circle. On the floor in fro...
Mar 18, 2019