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SAINT-LOUIS-DU-SUD, Haiti (AP) — Mylouise Veillard was 10 when her mother dropped her off at an orphanage in southern Haiti and promised her a better life. For three years, Mylouise slept on a concrete floor.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said Thursday.

Poverty simulation held at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre June 8

MUNICH (AP) — Matthias Weniger put on a pair of white cloth gloves and carefully lifted a tarnished silver candleholder, looking for a yellowed sticker on the bottom of it.

“I read something the other day that said accessibility is temporary, that one day you may not have the function you currently do, and that really sat with me,” said Mayor Corrie DiManno.

Illustrated children’s storybook released by Carstairs-based publisher features the tale of Wildhorse Jack and the first-ever Stampede pancake breakfast.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Under the plaintive painted eyes of the holy, a volunteer team of two United Nations-backed engineers watched as a whirling laser took a million measurements a second inside Kyiv's All Saints Church.

TORONTO — A former OpenAI board member says it's the interactive nature of ChatGPT that has made artificial intelligence accessible to a wide audience in a meaningful way.

NEW YORK (AP) — No script? No problem! There was plenty of uncertainty in the run-up to this year’s Tony Awards, which at one point seemed unlikely to happen at all because of the ongoing Hollywood writer’s strike.

St. Albert Farmers' Market runs June 10 to Oct. 7 with increased vendors, food trucks, buskers, a bouncy castle and programs for children.