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Baloney Meter: Was the budget a political prop for the scandal-plagued Liberals?
OTTAWA - "(Prime Minister Justin Trudeau) thinks today's budget will distract Canadians from all of this. He is using the budget - a critical element of any government's agenda - as nothing more ...
Mar 22, 2019
Athletics win Campbell Cup
The Grande Prairie Athletics are the 2018-2019 Campbell Cup champions.Grande Prairie secured their 2nd league title Thursday night at the Coca-Cola Centre in thrilling fashion with a 3-2 overtime win ...
Mar 22, 2019 The Grande Prairie Athletics pose with the Campbell Cup following their 3-2 overtime win in Game 6 of the NPHL Final
'There is death all over': Cyclone Idai toll rises above 300
CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe - Mozambique began three days of national mourning on Wednesday for more than 200 victims of Cyclone Idai, while the death toll in neighbouring Zimbabwe rose to more than 100 fro...
Mar 22, 2019
AP Exclusive: Guaido's Citgo snubs US execs in Caracas jail
BOGOTA - When the Trump administration paved the way for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to name a new board to run the U.S. affiliate of Venezuela's state oil company, it was a rare glimmer ...
Mar 22, 2019
New Zealand police: Mosque gunman had planned a 3rd attack
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for "the safest country in the world" were buried before hundreds of mourners Wednesday, the first funerals for victims of ...
Mar 22, 2019
UN judges increase sentence for Bosnian ex-leader to life
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, one of the chief architects of the slaughter and devastation of Bosnia's 1992-95 war, was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednes...
Mar 22, 2019
Europe fines Google $1.7 billion in antitrust case
BRUSSELS - Europe's antitrust regulators slapped Google with a big fine Wednesday for the third time in less than two years, ordering the tech giant to pay 1.49 billion euros ($1.7 billion) for freezi...
Mar 22, 2019
North Korea abruptly withdraws staff from liaison office
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea abruptly withdrew its staff from a liaison office with South Korea on Friday, a development that is likely to put a damper on ties between the countries and fur...
Mar 22, 2019
Rural municipalities want action on unpaid taxes
Rural Municipalities of Alberta says it will soon push for changes regarding energy companies and municipal taxes.A survey done in January and February this year by the group found that there are more...
Mar 22, 2019 Photo from the Rural Municipalities of Alberta web site
Statistics Canada reports pace of inflation ticked higher in February
OTTAWA - The annual pace of inflation edged higher in February as gains in most sectors offset lower gasoline prices. Statistics Canada says the consumer price index in February climbed 1.5 ...
Mar 22, 2019