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Innisfail Smile Cookie Campaign supports mentoring programs
Back again for its 24th year, Tim Hortons Smile Cookie week is supporting charities in communities across the country. This includes Big Brothers Big Sisters of Red Deer and District in Innisfail - on...
Sep 15, 2020
Central Alberta Film Festival lifts curtain on partnership with CMHA
Organizers say the 2020 edition of the Central Alberta Film Festival (CAFF) will take place onsite at Festival Hall in Red Deer October 14-17. This year, the Canadian Mental Health Association will ru...
Sep 15, 2020
Asbestos, Que., unveils four possibilities in short list for new town name
ASBESTOS, Que. - The town of Asbestos, Que., looking to shed its link to the hazardous substance, has narrowed the search for a new name to four contenders. Mayor Hugues Grimard announced on Monday&nb...
Sep 15, 2020
Hadwin, Conners, Hughes playing as Canadian threesome at US Open
MAMARONECK, N.Y. - An all-Canadian threesome will play the first two rounds of the U.S. Open together. Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., and Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas,...
Sep 15, 2020
Canadian Denis Shapovalov knocks off Guido Pella in first-round match
ROME - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is heading to the second round of the Italian Open. The No. 12 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., beat world No. 37 Guido Pella of Argentina 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday at th...
Sep 15, 2020
Council makes 'pro-business move' by not limiting height at Baymont property
Despite a substantial amount of pushback from a neighbouring seniors condominium, there will be no height maximum for the owners of the Baymont Inn & Suites at their subdivided downtown property.T...
Sep 15, 2020
Town identifies teen victims of weekend car crash in New Brunswick
BLACKVILLE, N.B. - The village of Blackville, N.B., has identified the three teenaged boys who were killed in a car crash over the weekend. Ty Croft and Denver Jardine, both 17, and 16-year-...
Sep 15, 2020
Peter Laviolette named coach of Washington Capitals
WASHINGTON - The Washington Capitals hired Peter Laviolette as coach Tuesday, turning to an NHL veteran who won the Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006 and saw a successful run with Nashv...
Sep 15, 2020
US tariffs on China ruled to be illegal by world trade body
GENEVA - The World Trade Organization said Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on Chinese goods totalling more than $200 billion are illegal under the rules of the global trade body. The decisio...
Sep 15, 2020
Multi-million settlement reached in Breonna Taylor lawsuit
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The city of Louisville will pay several million dollars to the mother of Breonna Taylor and install police reforms as part of a settlement of a lawsuit from Taylor's family, The Asso...
Sep 15, 2020