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Buttigieg-Warren clash on campaign trail spills into debate
LOS ANGELES - The long-festering feud between Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg erupted Thursday night in a high-stakes debate that tested the strength of the Democratic Party's shrinking pool of pr...
Dec 21, 2019

23 dead as protests grow against India citizenship law
NEW DELHI - Nine people died Saturday during clashes between demonstrators and police in northern India, raising the nationwide death toll in protests against a new citizenship law to 23, police said....
Dec 21, 2019

Supreme Court ruling means children of Russian spies are Canadian citizens
OTTAWA - Alexander Vavilov, the Toronto-born son of Russian spies, breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after the Supreme Court declared him a Canadian citizen and ended a long-running le...
Dec 21, 2019

'Intimidating:' Alberta's energy war room singles out climate campaigner
Steven Lee has spoken in hundreds of classrooms around the country about challenges for today's young people posed by everything from genetic engineering to artificial intelligence to climate cha...
Dec 21, 2019

Winter storm warnings in place for multiple BC highways
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Drivers are being asked to take caution today (Dec. 21), with many highways in the Interior and around BC under travel advisories, and winter storm warnings. According to Environmen...
Dec 21, 2019 Hwy 5 southbound, at Mine Creek Rd, looking south (Image Credit: Drive BC)

ROTHENBURGER: Frootloops council looks ahead to a brand new decade
FROOTLOOPS COUNCIL gathers for its last meeting of the decade. His Wordship Mayor Ken Kringle bangs his gavel.MAYOR KRINGLE: I call the meeting to order. May I first acknowledge that we're in the hist...
Dec 21, 2019 (Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger)

Safe outcome for broken-down snowmobiler in Sun Peaks area
SUN PEAKS - Some preparation steps taken by a snowmobiler led to a safe outcome during what could have been a harmful, or deadly situation in the Sun Peaks area last night (Dec. 20). In a release, Kam...
Dec 21, 2019 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Trump ally Meadows won't run again, may join White House
RALEIGH, N.C. - Republican Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, a top conservative ally of President Donald Trump, said Thursday he won't seek reelection next year. He is expected to join the Trump ad...
Dec 21, 2019

Virginia biochemist Camille Schrier is crowned Miss America
UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Organizers wanted to make it clear the 99th Miss America competition isn't your grandmother's beauty pageant, and their winner did just that on Thursday. Virginia biochemist Camill...
Dec 21, 2019

Syria says possible drone attacks hit 3 oil, gas facilities
BEIRUT - Near-simultaneous attacks believed to have been carried out by drones hit three government-run oil and gas installations in central Syria, state TV and the Oil Ministry said Saturday. No one ...
Dec 21, 2019

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