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Carleton ends student placements with police over failures to address racism
OTTAWA - Carleton University's criminology school says it will no longer place students to work with police forces and prisons as a show of solidarity with the movement to address ...
Aug 12, 2020

Recent increase in thefts from vehicles observed by Picture Butte RCMP
PICTURE BUTTE, AB - RCMP in Picture Butte are reminding residents to keep their vehicles locked and valuables out of sight.On Monday, August 10, Mounties received complaints of at least four vehicles ...
Aug 12, 2020

1 of 2 girls convicted in Slender Man stabbing loses appeal
MADISON, Wis. - One of two Wisconsin girls who repeatedly stabbed a classmate because she believed a fictional horror character named Slender Man would attack her family if she didn't kill the girl lo...
Aug 12, 2020

Media mogul Sumner Redstone dies at 97
Sumner Redstone, who joined his family's drive-in movie chain in the 1950s and used it to build a vast media empire that included CBS and Viacom, has died. He was 97. Under his watch, Viacom became on...
Aug 12, 2020

UK records deepest recession among top economies
LONDON - Britain has suffered the deepest recession among the world's top economies this year, shrinking by a fifth in the second quarter alone when much of the economy was mothballed as part of effor...
Aug 12, 2020

US consumer prices rose 0.6% in July, matching June uptick
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices jumped 0.6% in July as gasoline prices continued to rise. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that the increase last month in its consumer price index matched a 0...
Aug 12, 2020

Results from Paradise Canyon’s club championship
LETHBRIDGE, AB - With sunshine and warm temperatures, Paradise Canyon welcomed golfers for its 2020 club championship this past weekend.The golf resort hosted both adults and juniors for the two-day e...
Aug 12, 2020

Canadian men to learn 2022 CONCACAF World Cup qualifying draw on Aug. 19
Canada will learn its 2022 World Cup qualifying path next Wednesday in CONCACAF's preliminary draw. The five highest-ranked teams in the region - Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica, Jamaica an...
Aug 12, 2020

Kanye West qualifies as presidential candidate in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Rapper Kanye West has qualified to appear on Arkansas' ballot this fall as an independent presidential candidate, Secretary of State John Thurston said Tuesday. Thurston told West'...
Aug 12, 2020

Canadian cyclist Michael Woods to ride with British star Chris Froome in 2021
Canadian cyclist Michael Woods is joining British star Chris Froome at Team Israel Start-Up Nation next season. Founded in 2014 as the Israel Cycling Academy, Team Israel Start-Up Nation is ...
Aug 12, 2020