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Liberals approve basic income, pharmacare, long-term care standards at convention
OTTAWA - Grassroots Liberals have overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling on the federal government to develop and implement a universal basic income - despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's app...
Apr 10, 2021
Blackmore becomes 1st female jockey to win Grand National
LIVERPOOL, England - Rachael Blackmore broke down one of the biggest gender barriers in sports by becoming the first female jockey to win the grueling Grand National horse race. Blackmore, a 31-year-o...
Apr 10, 2021
Blackmore becomes 1st female jockey to win Grand National
LIVERPOOL, England - Rachael Blackmore broke down one of the biggest gender barriers in sports by becoming the first female jockey to win the grueling Grand National horse race. Blackmore, a 31-year-o...
Apr 10, 2021
County exploring possible new library in Irvine
IRVINE, AB- A 100-year-old building that houses books to the small hamlet of Irvine, could be getting a major facelift in the future.Cypress County is looking at possibly replacing the old library whi...
Apr 10, 2021
Former Hatter sentenced to seven and a half years for child sex crime, bestiality
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A former Medicine Hat man will spend seven and a half years in prison for a series of disturbing sexual offenses involving a young child and animals.Cody Herrell was sentenced Thurs...
Apr 10, 2021
Prince Philip's frog-jumping legacy in a Manitoba French community
WINNIPEG - The death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has reminded a small French village in Manitoba about how a royal visit half a century ago made the community the centre of frog racing in Can...
Apr 10, 2021
Break for a Breakthrough: Canadian hosts international martial arts demonstration
EDMONTON - Whether he's breaking a wooden board, a clay tile, cement bricks or stacks of cinder blocks in half, Kevin Olsen says every chop requires the same four skills. "You have to hit it with spee...
Apr 10, 2021
Break for a Breakthrough: Canadian hosts international martial arts demonstration
EDMONTON - Whether he's breaking a wooden board, a clay tile, cement bricks or stacks of cinder blocks in half, Kevin Olsen says every chop requires the same four skills. "You have to hit it with spee...
Apr 10, 2021
Quake in Indonesia's Java, Bali kills 6; no tsunami warning
MALANG, Indonesia - A strong earthquake killed at least six people and damaged buildings on Indonesia's main island of Java and shook the tourist hotspot of Bali, officials said Saturday. No tsunami w...
Apr 10, 2021
United Arab Emirates names 2 new astronauts, including woman
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates named the next two astronauts in its space program Saturday, including the country's first female astronaut. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktou...
Apr 10, 2021