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Willie Nelson brings Farm Aid 2019 to Wisconsin's dairy land
EAST TROY, Wis. - Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and the Dave Matthews Band will headline Farm Aid 2019 when the music and food festival visits Wisconsin's dairy country in September. Tick...
Jul 09, 2019
MPs not running again will get paid around $1.6 million in severance
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament who have decided not to run for re-election this fall will cash in a cumulative $1.6 million in severance payments, and millions more will likely be paid out after ...
Jul 09, 2019
No injuries as fire destroys two travel trailers
KAMLOOPS - Fire inspectors will be on the scene this morning to try and determine the cause of a fire overnight on Salish Road that destroyed two travel trailers.Captain Wade Lindoff of Kamloops Fire ...
Jul 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
After arrest, Epstein challenges victims in Florida court
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Jeffrey Epstein is challenging victims of his underage sexual abuse in a Florida court, hours after he was indicted on sex trafficking charges in a separate case. Epstein's law...
Jul 09, 2019
Federal court: Trump can't ban critics from Twitter account
NEW YORK - A federal appeals court says President Donald Trump can't ban critics from his Twitter account. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel agreed ...
Jul 09, 2019
NewsAlert: H. Ross Perot, Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died
DALLAS - H. Ross Perot (pur-OH'), the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died. Family spokesman James Fuller says Perot died early Tuesday. He was 89. Perot rose fr...
Jul 09, 2019
Former prime minister Chretien hospitalized in Hong Kong as a 'precaution'
OTTAWA - Organizers of a trade conference in Hong Kong say former Liberal prime minister Jean Chretien has been taken to hospital there. Tung Chee-hwa, a former leader of the semi-independent Chi...
Jul 09, 2019
Toronto FC signs South American winger as MLS transfer window re-opens
Toronto FC has signed 22-year old Venezuelan winger Erickson Gallardo. The announcement came on the first day of the secondary MLS transfer window. Gallardo has won one cap for Venezuela, making his n...
Jul 09, 2019
Tradition versus technology: Northerners debate use of drones in caribou hunting
YELLOWKNIFE - Tradition and technology are clashing on the tundra where Indigenous groups are debating the use of drones to hunt caribou. The issue arose during public consultations on new wildli...
Jul 09, 2019
Flood victims in Grand Forks, B.C., in limbo more than one year after disaster
More than one year after rescuers swam from home to home in a low-income neighbourhood devastated by flooding in Grand Forks, B.C., some residents say they were rattled to learn the property buyo...
Jul 09, 2019
