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Trump trial end in sight as vote nears on more witnesses
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump seems headed for acquittal in his impeachment trial after Sen. Lamar Alexander's decision to stick with fellow Republicans and oppose Democratic efforts to call mor...
Jan 31, 2020
Trudeau predicts orderly Brexit with minimal trade, investment disruption
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is confident that Britain's exit from the European Union later today will be an orderly process with minimal disruption to Canadian trade and i...
Jan 31, 2020
China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed
BEIJING - Carrying permits demanding "fast passage," truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million people at the centre of a v...
Jan 31, 2020
Fever alarms, paranoia as masked passengers fly from China
NEW YORK - In Bangladesh's biggest airport, workers held up digital thermometers to passengers' heads. A beeping alarm sounded as a passenger walking through a thermal scanner registered a fever. On a...
Jan 31, 2020
Charities steered $65M to Trump lawyer Sekulow and family
WASHINGTON - Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump's lead attorneys during the impeachment trial, is being paid for his legal work through a rented $80-a-month mailbox a block away from the White...
Jan 31, 2020
Alberta firefighters want input on National Building Code review
Alberta's professional fire fighters are urging the province to hit the pause button on allowing 12-storey wood frame structures, at least until the current National Building Code review is done.Brad ...
Jan 31, 2020 Photo: Alberta Fire Fighters Association
Champagne discusses coronavirus response, evacuation with China counterpart
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has spoken to his Chinese counterpart about the coronavirus outbreak, a day after the World Health Organization called it a global health ...
Jan 31, 2020
Fort Macleod considering “Trap Neuter Return cat program” to prevent overpopulation
FORT MACLEOD, AB - Cats are crowding the community of Fort Macleod, and the town is looking to do something about it.Town Council voted this week to proceed with public engagement on a Trap Neuter Ret...
Jan 31, 2020 (Supplied by Pixabay)
New coronavirus has now infected almost 10,000, including three in Canada
A mysterious new type of coronavirus has now infected almost 10,000 people globally, including three in Canada, pushing the World Health Organization to declare the outbreak a global he...
Jan 31, 2020
Bank in Trochu held up at gunpoint on Thursday
Police in Three Hills are asking for public assistance in identifying the lone suspect who held up the ATB financial institution in Trochu.It was Thursday, Jan. 30 at approximately 11:30 a.m. when Thr...
Jan 31, 2020 Surveillance footage from the ATB in Trochu, Alta shows a lone suspect holding a gun during an alleged armed robbery on Jan. 30, 2020. (Supplied/RCMP)