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Supreme Court orders new trial over use of sexual history in Edmonton case
OTTAWA - Canada's top court says an Edmonton man shouldn't have been able to tell a jury that he was in a "friends-with-benefits" relationship with an alleged sexual assault victim. Patrick John Goldf...
Jun 28, 2019
Nolin is rollin into Day 3 of Ponoka Stampede at the top of the leaderboard
Rain overnight and throughout most of the day Thursday made for some sloppy conditions on the track for Day 2 of the Ponoka Stampede.When the night wrapped up it was defending Champion Vern Nolin who ...
Jun 28, 2019
Canada extends leadership of NATO training mission in Iraq to November 2020
OTTAWA - Canada will lead a NATO training mission in Iraq until November 2020 after the federal government approved an extension to the operation. News of the extension comes as Defence Minister Harji...
Jun 28, 2019
Lawsuit seeks to block Georgia law that bans most abortions
ATLANTA - A federal lawsuit filed Friday in Atlanta is the latest effort by abortion providers and advocacy groups to challenge a wave of restrictive abortion laws passed in conservative states. Lawye...
Jun 28, 2019
US consumers increase spending a modest 0.4% in May
WASHINGTON - Consumer spending increased 0.4% in May, a modest gain that suggests Americans remain confident enough about the economy's outlook to keep shopping. The Commerce Department said Friday th...
Jun 28, 2019
Justices won't revive Alabama ban on abortion procedure
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court won't revive Alabama's ban on the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions. The measure has been blocked by lower courts. The justices on Friday reject...
Jun 28, 2019
France fries: Record heat hits tourists, schools, hospitals
PARIS - Schools are dousing kids with water and nursing homes are equipping the elderly with hydration sensors as France and other nations battle a record-setting heat wave baking much of Europe. Seve...
Jun 28, 2019
First member ace at GP Golf and Country Club Thursday
The odds of an average golfer sinking a hole in one are about 12,500 to 1.Thursday night the 1 happened at the Grande Prairie Golf and Country Club.Shayne Sieker sunk an ace on the par 3 2nd hole Thur...
Jun 28, 2019 (photo credit to the Grande Prairie Golf and Country Club)
Rage snap Brewers winning streak at 9
The County Brewers lengthy winning streak has come to an end at the hands of the Rycroft Rage.Rycroft scored all three of their runs in the bottom half of the 3rd inning to earn a 3-2 win over the fir...
Jun 28, 2019
Eric Trump says he was spit on at Chicago cocktail lounge
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump said the U.S. Secret Service took an employee of a Chicago cocktail lounge into custody after she spit on him. Eric Trump told Breitbart News in a tel...
Jun 28, 2019