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Monty Python collaborator Neil Innes dies at age 75
LONDON - Comedic writer and actor Neil Innes, who created a Beatles parody group called the Rutles and frequently worked with the members of Monty Python, has died at age 75. his agent confirmed Monda...
Jan 01, 2020
'Doomsday' scenario of mass layoffs due to AI unlikely, federal documents say
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that top government officials believe there is no imminent threat that artificial intelligence and robots will displace large segments of the Canadian workforce....
Jan 01, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
2019: The year that was in Red Deer
Here's a look back at some of the biggest news stories from Red Deer and area over the past 12 months.JANUARYRed Deer Regional Hospital didn't have to wait too long for its New Year's Baby to arrive. ...
Jan 01, 2020 (dreamstime.com)
Cyprus court: British teen guilty of fabricating rape claims
PARALIMNI, Cyprus - A Cyprus court on Monday found a 19 year-old British woman guilty of fabricating claims that she was gang raped by 12 Israelis in a hotel room at a tourist resort in the east Medit...
Jan 01, 2020
Changes to income taxes, RRSP rules, others take effect January 1st
OTTAWA, ONT - The basic amount most Canadians can earn tax-free is going up on January 1st, resulting in slightly lower federal income taxes.The tax cut is one federal measure taking effect for the ne...
Jan 01, 2020 Income tax forms. (Supplied by The10and3)
US troops fire tear gas at pro-Iran protesters in Iraq
BAGHDAD - U.S. troops fired tear gas on Wednesday as hundreds of Iran-backed militiamen and other protesters gathered outside the American Embassy in Baghdad for a second day and set fire to the roof ...
Jan 01, 2020
The Canadian Press examines some hockey storylines to watch out for in 2020
From the continued fallout of hockey's so-called social reckoning, Don Cherry's potential replacement, the shaping of Seattle's NHL franchise and the uncertain future of the women's gam...
Jan 01, 2020
Sudan sentences 27 to death for torturing, killing protester
CAIRO - A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 27 members of the country's security forces to death by hanging for torturing and killing a detained protester during the uprising against longtime autocra...
Jan 01, 2020
Trump suggests some flavoured vapes may be pulled from market
PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will soon announce a new strategy to tackle underage vaping, promising, "We're going to protect our families, we're g...
Jan 01, 2020
Protesters attack US Embassy in Baghdad after airstrikes
BAGHDAD - Angered by deadly airstrikes targeting an Iran-backed militia, dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a m...
Jan 01, 2020