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• Young offender charged in connection with armed robbery in Airdrie

  25-10-2019 23:45
  CALGARY – A 17-year-old boy from Airdrie has been arrested and charged in connection with an armed robbery that took place last week. RCMP were called to the scene in Williamstown, in the northwest part of the city, for reports of a robbery on October 19. The victim told police she was meeting someone who responded to an advertisement to buy her cell phone. When the two met, that's when police say he pulled out a gun, took the phone and fled the scene. The woman was not harmed in the incid
  
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• Man charged in alleged kidnapping that almost triggered Amber Alert

  25-10-2019 23:05
  Toronto police say they've laid 14 charges against a man arrested as part of an alleged kidnapping attempt that nearly triggered an Amber Alert. They allege the man forced a woman and her 18-month-old toddler into his vehicle in the east end of Toronto on Thursday morning and drove away. Police say bystanders reported seeing the suspect yelling at the woman before forcing the two into his sedan. Investigators say they were in the process of drafting an Amber Alert when the car was found west of
  
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• Trademark application for 'fake news' aims to reclaim the term from Trump

  25-10-2019 23:00
  TORONTO -- Since he entered the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump has tweeted the term “fake news” 610 times. But the president isn’t using the term correctly, and a Calgary-based advertising agency hopes to use the power of a trademark to correct the record. Originally, fake news was used to describe stories published online, typically by partisan websites, that looked like real news stories but were, in fact, not based on facts or balanced information and were often me
  
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• Lethbridge's school boards react to changes in provincial budget - Lethbridge News Now

  25-10-2019 22:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge's school boards react to changes in provincial budget  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Windy conditions spread several grass fires in southern Alberta

  25-10-2019 22:22
  CALGARY – Multiple grass fires are burning in southern Alberta, fuelled by extremely high winds blowing throughout the region on Friday afternoon. Emergency crews, including firefighters and members of the Airdrie RCMP, were called to a fire at the corner of Highway 567 and Range Road 281 at about 1:30 p.m. The grass fire was brought under control shortly after 3 p.m. Previous road closures have been lifted, but people are still asked to avoid the area. Anyone who lives in the area is aske
  
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• Lethbridge says ‘oki’ to everyone who visits - Maclean's

  25-10-2019 22:20 via macleans.ca
  Lethbridge says ‘oki’ to everyone who visits  Maclean's
  
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• Alberta fishers headed from Calgary Zoo to Cascade Mountains in Washington State

  25-10-2019 22:10
  Decades after fishers, a cat-sized member of the weasel family, were eliminated from Washington State through over–trapping and habitat loss, the Calgary Zoo is helping to bring them back. A total of 18 Alberta fishers have been relocated from northern Alberta, where there is a thriving population, to the Northern Cascade Mountains in Washington State earlier this month. The move was part of a partnership between the Calgary Zoo, Alberta Trappers Association, Washington Department of Fish
  
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• RCMP in B.C. and Alberta respond to multiple school threats

  25-10-2019 21:56
  CALGARY – Two minors were arrested by RCMP on Thursday afternoon after an incident at a middle school in Cranbrook, just one of a number of incidents involving threats at schools during the day. Police were called to Laurie Middle School at about 1 p.m. for reports of student walking down the hallway with what appeared to be a gun. The school was immediately put into lockdown as RCMP responded to the scene. Officers were quickly able to identify two students and take them into custody with
  
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• Large grassfires burning across southern Alberta as wind warning issued

  25-10-2019 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  Two large grassfires were burning in southern Alberta on Friday afternoon as officials issued a high winds warning for the region.
  
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• Crews battle large grass fires across southern Alberta as wind warning issued

  25-10-2019 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  Two large grassfires were burning in southern Alberta on Friday afternoon as officials issued a high winds warning for the region.
  
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• Historic aircraft being dismantled at The Hangar Flight Museum for restoration

  25-10-2019 21:37
  CALGARY – It took The Hangar Flight Museum almost a year to raise the $400,000 needed to restore its CF-100 Canuck and now aircraft maintenance engineers are taking the aircraft apart so it can be shipped north. Work on removing the wings started Thursday ahead of the aircraft's move to Wetaskiwin where the restoration will be completed. "We just wanted to get good access to the wing bolts," said Ted Reynolds with Historic Aviation Services Inc. "So we have all the closing strips off on bo
  
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• Window washer rescued from tower in Edmonton

  25-10-2019 21:08
  EDMONTON - A window washer was rescued from a perilous situation on Friday afternoon, after was hanging from a window washing platform on the Stantec tower building. The situation started shortly after 1 p.m. “We noticed the window washing, the scaffolding was popping off,” Lindsey Roberts told CTV News Edmonton. “We saw that he was hanging off and they were rescuing him.” Video captured by a witness shows the window washing platform swinging back and forth wildly and sma
  
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• Wind advisories issued for large portions of the province, while west braces for snow

  25-10-2019 20:56
  CALGARY — Strong wind gusts are expected to blow across parts of Alberta Friday, while areas in the central west parts of the province are advised to brace for a heavy snowfall, according to weather alerts released by Environment Canada. "Two spans of wind warnings and a range of snowfall warnings exist over parts of Alberta right now, with a corridor from Hinton through Jasper to Banff getting a potential 10-15 cms of snow," said CTV Calgary meterologist Kevin Stanfield. A separate stretc
  
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• Alberta Opposition leader Rachel Notley says budget hurts front-line services, families

  25-10-2019 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Opposition leader Rachel Notley said the UCP’s budget will hurt front-line services and families. She joins Global News at Noon Edmonton to talk more about the 201 provincial budget.
  
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• Meet the dog tasked with helping victims of traumatic crime in Airdrie

  25-10-2019 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  A Labrador named Jake will soon be helping comfort victims and witnesses of traumatic crimes in Airdrie.
  
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• Amanda Knox trolls Lady Gaga on Twitter

  25-10-2019 20:26
  TORONTO -- Amanda Knox, who was at the centre of one of the most publicized murder investigations and trials of the early 2000s, appeared to troll mega-star Lady Gaga on Twitter with a joke about prison Friday. “Fame is prison” Gaga tweeted on Thursday, to which Knox replied “I hear you, but…prison is prison.” Knox spent almost four years in prison after being convicted of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007 in Perugia, Italy. Knox was eventually acquit
  
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• Parts of Alberta under wind warning as Environment Canada warns of gusts up to 100 km/h

  25-10-2019 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  Albertans should brace for high winds as a number of wind warnings were issued Friday morning.
  
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• Abdulahi Sharif found guilty of all charges, including 5 of attempted murder in Edmonton attacks

  25-10-2019 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  Abdulahi Hasan Sharif has been found guilty of all charges laid against him in the 2017 Edmonton attacks that saw a police officer stabbed and four pedestrians run down by a U-Haul van.
  
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• Spooky fun for adults and kids: Here's what's happening in Calgary this weekend

  25-10-2019 18:57
  CALGARY -- A lot of spooky things afoot in Calgary this pre-Halloween weekend. Here are some scary and not-so-scary events happening in and around the city. Body Worlds: Animals Inside Out The new Body World exhibit explores the anatomical wonders of the animal kingdom through Body Worlds: Animals Inside Out. Telus Spark from Oct. 25 to March 1. More information and tickets can be found on the Telus Spark website. Alberta Ballet’s Frankenstein Dr. Frankenstein’s monster comes to life
  
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• Police rule death of Calgary woman found in Kananaskis not suspicious

  25-10-2019 18:27
  Calgary police confirm the body found in Kananaskis on Wednesday is that of Stephanie Hodgson, who was reported missing earlier this week. An autopsy was performed Thursday and police say her death is classifed as non-criminal.Calgary woman reported missing days after trip to CrossIron Mills Body discovered in Kananaskis believed to be missing Calgary womanHodgson, 49, was reported missing earlier this week and was last seen Friday at Crossiron Mills. Her car was discovered late Tuesday in Kanan
  
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• Felicity Huffman released with 2 days left on 2-week prison term

  25-10-2019 18:27
  SAN FRANCISCO -- Actress Felicity Huffman was released Friday morning from a federal prison in California two days before the end of a two-week sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal, authorities said. The "Desperate Housewives" star was released from the low-security prison for women because under prison policy, inmates scheduled for weekend release are let out on Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said. Her husband, actor William H. Macy, dropped off Huffman -- aka inmate No.
  
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• Ice climber falls 30 metres in Kananaskis Country

  25-10-2019 18:26
  CALGARY — Kananaskis Country Public Safety staff is reminding climbers to double-check rappel devices after a man fell roughly 30 metres Wednesday. KCPS were called to Ranger Creek area in K-Country following the mishap and found a climber who had suffered only minor injuries. “This is a good lesson though, check, and double check your rappel devices before committing,” read a social media post by KCPS. “Over the years, we have responded to a few rap accidents and usually
  
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• 'Problem bear' prompts closure of section of Griffith Woods Park

  25-10-2019 18:10
  CALGARY – A portion of a southwest Calgary park has been closed to the public following multiple reports of a black bear helping itself to the contents of residential garbage bins. Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement confirms the west portion of Griffith Woods Park, south of the community of Discovery Ridge, has been temporarily closed. The closure went into effect Thursday. Officers continue their attempts to capture the animal that Alberta Fish and Wildlife referred to as a problem bea
  
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• Firearms and drugs seized after Guns and Gangs Unit investigation

  25-10-2019 18:01
  CALGARY — Calgary police have sent two seized shotguns to their firearms lab for testing following a month-long operation targeting people involved in high-risk lifestyles that include the potential for violence. Started in September by the Guns and Gangs Unit, the operation saw police, with assistance from the CPS Tactical Unit, execute a search warrant Wednesday at a home in the 1800 block of 42nd Street S.E.. A number of items were seized, including:An Escort shotgun A dismantled Hawath
  
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• Canadian Taxpayers Federation wanted further cuts in Alberta budget 2019

  25-10-2019 17:55 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian Taxpayers Federation believes further cuts should have been made in the 2019 Alberta budget.
  
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• U.S. GM workers ratify contract, 40-day strike to end

  25-10-2019 17:39
  ROMULUS, Mich. -- A contentious 40-day strike that crippled General Motors' U.S. production came to an end Friday as workers approved a new contract with the company. The four-year deal will now be used as a template in bargaining with crosstown rival Ford Motor Co., the union's choice for the next round of bargaining, followed by Fiat Chrysler. GM workers voted 57.2 per cent in favour of the pact, passing it with a vote of 23,389 to 17,501, the union said in a statement. Picket lines came down
  
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• Meet Jake: Airdrie victim services introduces new therapy dog

  25-10-2019 17:39
  CALGARY — The newest employee of the Airdrie and District Victim Assistance Society (ADVAS) team is short, furry and refuses to wear clothes to work. It’s OK though, because he’s cute. Jake, a three-year-old black Labrador retriever, is a specially trained trauma dog that will officially join the team on Oct. 31. His job will be to provide support to victims of crime and tragedy in the district. Trauma dogs are common in many police agencies across the country. RCMP say they ar
  
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• Russian woman who admitted being secret agent out of prison

  25-10-2019 17:32
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A tantalizing chapter in Russia's efforts to collect intelligence on American politics came to a close on Friday as a woman who admitted to secretly working for the Kremlin was released from prison to be returned to her home country. Maria Butina, who sought to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups around the time that Donald Trump rose to power, left a low-security facility in Tallahassee, Florida and was placed in the custody of federal immigration authorities. She
  
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• Quebec mother sentenced to eight years in prison for the deaths of three of her newborns

  25-10-2019 17:28
  MONTREAL — A 28-year-old woman from Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, north of Montreal, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for causing the deaths of three of her newborns. With time served, there are about five years for her to serve. She had originally been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the killings of the three newborns, but in July, pleaded guilty to lesser charges of manslaughter. She also pleaded guilty to two counts of concealing the body of a child and one co
  
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• No need to pause divorce proceedings despite foreign hearings: Supreme Court

  25-10-2019 17:20
  OTTAWA -- Quebec courts shouldn't automatically pause civil proceedings when a foreign court is examining the same matter, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The decision came Friday in the case of a Belgian couple who lived in Quebec when they decided to divorce. The ruling highlights the complexities judges must consider in a world where legal matters frequently spill across international boundaries. The pair, whose identities are protected, married in Brussels in 2004 and moved to Quebec
  
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• North Siphon project to close part of north Lethbridge road next week - Lethbridge News Now

  25-10-2019 17:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  North Siphon project to close part of north Lethbridge road next week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'We are unstoppable': Greta Thunberg addresses thousands of climate marchers in Vancouver

  25-10-2019 17:18
  VANCOUVER – Thousands of people joined teen activist Greta Thunberg in a climate march in downtown Vancouver Friday.  The Swedish climate activist participated in the rally that began at 11 a.m. outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, run by a local youth-led organization, Sustainabiliteens. After a march around downtown Vancouver, Thunberg made remarks in front of the crowd, commending the work of local activist Severn Cullis-Suzuki, daughter of David Suzuki. Cullis-Suzuki spoke at the 19
  
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• Two women charged after carjacking near Sylvan Lake

  25-10-2019 17:06
  CALGARY — Two women are facing charges and police are searching for a stolen SUV after an incident that started with two possibly drunk people in a ditch near Sylvan Lake and ended with a collision in Red Deer. Police were called to a rural area near Sylvan Lake just after 8:30 a.m. Wednesday for a report that a truck had driven through a fence and two women, who were possibly drunk, were in a ditch.   Witnesses reported the women had been dropped off by a man driving the truck, a 199
  
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• Alberta budget 2019: Freezing education funding ‘just not good enough’

  25-10-2019 16:51 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta budget outlines that education funding will be frozen at $8.2 billion per year. But the Alberta Teachers’ Association says that’s not good enough. Dallas Flexhaug speaks with ATA president Jason Schilling.
  
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• Trade Minister Jim Carr diagnosed with cancer, says 'spirits are high'

  25-10-2019 16:49
  OTTAWA -- Liberal MP Jim Carr has been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer. Carr, who served as natural resources minister and international trade minister during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's first mandate, says in a statement that he has begun treatment for the disease, which has also affected his kidneys. He has started undergoing chemotherapy and dialysis that will "continue for the near future." Carr's doctor ordered him to go to the hospital just as he was being re-elected in his Winni
  
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• Ontario will ban promotion of vaping products in gas stations, convenience stores

  25-10-2019 15:44
  TORONTO -- Ontario's health minister says the province will ban the promotion of vaping products in convenience stores and gas stations in a bid to prevent youth from being exposed to the addictive habit. Christine Elliott said Friday the ban will take effect on Jan. 1, 2020 and is in response to new research which shows vaping is on the rise among young people in the province. "Vaping is not without risk, and the potential long-term effects of vaping remain uncertain," Elliott said in a stateme
  
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• CannTrust cutting as many as 140 jobs as it works to regain cannabis licenses

  25-10-2019 15:02
  VAUGHAN, Ont. -- CannTrust Holdings Inc. shares fell Friday after the cannabis company said it is laying off as many as 140 people -- roughly one quarter of its workforce -- while it works to regain its federal licences to sell and produce pot. Its stock fell as low as $1.52 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, down roughly 13 per cent from its previous close of $1.74, but regained some losses to $1.65.Sign up to receive the Pot Post newsletter delivered to your inboxThe Vaughan, Ont.-based pot produc
  
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• U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Preview: Oct. 25-27, 2019 - Lethbridge News Now

  25-10-2019 14:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Preview: Oct. 25-27, 2019  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Authorities arrest 2 more in U.K.'s gruesome truck deaths case

  25-10-2019 14:40
  LONDON -- British police arrested two more suspects Friday in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in the back of a container truck in southeastern England as the investigation into one of the country's worst human smuggling cases geared up. Police said the man and the woman, both 38 and from northwestern England, were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. The 25-year-old driver of the truck remains in custody on suspicion of murder. The new arrests cam
  
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• Woman fatally stabbed in southwest neighbourhood, suspect arrested

  25-10-2019 14:12
  CALGARY – Police have one person in custody after a woman was fatally attacked early Friday morning.  Officers were called just before 3 a.m. to a four-plex style home on the 1800 block of 27th Avenue S.W., in the community of South Calgary, and tactical officers and the canine team had blocked off the area.  A home was taped off after emergency crews located a body in the front yard of the residence. Police confirm the woman had been the victim of a fatal stabbing Police sc
  
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• Victim of fatal stabbing was a caseworker at assisted-living residence: police

  25-10-2019 14:12
  CALGARY – The woman stabbed to death early Friday was a caseworker at a Wood's Homes assisted-living residence in southwest Calgary who was supporting the man accused of killing her. Police now have an 18-year-old man in custody. Officers were called to the 1800 block of 27th Avenue S.W. about 2:45 a.m. Friday Emergency crews provided first aid, however the woman, identified as Deborah Onwu, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect fled before police arrived, however patrol office
  
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• Lethbridge stakeholders react to Alberta budget

  25-10-2019 13:38 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf said he is pleased with his government's newly-tabled budget, despite the fiscal belt tightening that will affect Albertans. 
  
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• Lethbridge school division expecting to feel pinch from Alberta budget 2019

  25-10-2019 13:38 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf said he is pleased with his government's newly-tabled budget, despite the fiscal belt tightening that will affect Albertans. 
  
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• Esper: U.S. troops, armoured vehicles going to Syria oil fields

  25-10-2019 13:15
  BRUSSELS -- The U.S. will send armoured reinforcements into eastern Syria to bolster defences against a potential move by Islamic State militants on oil fields controlled by U.S.-backed Syrian Kurds, U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper said Friday. Esper described the added force as "mechanized," which would likely means it will include tanks and other combat vehicles such as Bradley armoured infantry carriers. This would introduce a new dimension to the U.S. military presence , which largely has
  
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• After withdrawal, Trump shifts focus to Syria's oil fields

  25-10-2019 13:15
  WASHINGTON -- As Russian and Turkish leaders divvy up security roles in northeast Syria following an abrupt U.S. troop withdrawal, U.S. President Donald Trump is focused on oil fields elsewhere in the war-torn country. Trump spurred a fresh wave of criticism Thursday with a tweet noting that he had spoken with Syrian Kurdish military chief Mazloum Abdi and observing that perhaps "it is time for Kurds to start heading to the Oil Region," an apparent reference to oil fields in Deir el-Zour provinc
  
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• Australia's iconic rock Uluru scaled by final climbers

  25-10-2019 11:32
  ULURU, Australia -- Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians' demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds threatened to prematurely end the generations-old tradition of climbing the sandstone monolith. Rangers warned hundreds of anxious tourists who gathered at the base of the iconic rock before dawn that they would miss their last opportunity to ever scale its 348-metre summit unless blustery conditions subsided. But the winds calmed and the first o
  
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• Harvey Weinstein confronted by comedian, audience members at NYC bar

  25-10-2019 11:23
  A night of comedy ended in a performer and an audience member being asked to leave a bar in New York City after they confronted Harvey Weinstein in the audience. Kelly Bachman was one of several performers at Manhattan's Downtime Bar in a variety show sponsored by Actor's Hour Wednesday night where, she told CNN, she spotted the former Hollywood producer. She used her time onstage to call Weinstein "Freddy Krueger" and call out rape allegations against him. Weinstein currently faces criminal cha
  
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• Heavy rains flood areas of Japan recovering from typhoons

  25-10-2019 10:59
  NARITA, Japan -- Torrential rain caused flooding and mudslides Friday in towns east of Tokyo, leaving one dead and two missing and expanding damage in areas still recovering from recent typhoons. Muddy waters spilled from several rivers in Chiba, southeast of Tokyo, where pedestrians waded through waist-deep floods. A highway toll gate near Narita International Airport was temporarily closed for safety. Many passengers who landed at the airport were stuck because trains there were suspended. Mud
  
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• Possible to hold socially conservative views and be prime minister: Scheer

  25-10-2019 10:11
  OTTAWA -- Andrew Scheer remains convinced that a prime minister can hold conservative views on divisive issues like same-sex marriage and abortion and still be trusted by Canadians not to impose them on the country. But the Conservative leader also knows that if those views prove to be the reason he failed Monday to convince voters otherwise, they could cost him his job. In an exclusive interview with The Canadian Press, Scheer said a wide-ranging analysis is now underway into what worked and wh
  
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• California utility admits it may have ignited fire

  25-10-2019 10:00
  LOS ANGELES -- California's biggest utility admitted its electrical equipment may have ignited a destructive wildfire spreading through the state's wine country Friday, despite blackouts imposed across the region to prevent blazes. The disclosure came as firefighters simultaneously battled flames in both Northern and Southern California: the fire amid Sonoma County's vineyards, and a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed homes near Los Angeles. The fire near the Northern California town of Geyservil
  
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