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RDC Kings Basketball hires alumnus as new head coach
Red Deer College and RDC Athletics are thrilled to announce a familiar face has been appointed the new head coach of the Kings Basketball program.Darren Graham, brings Alberta Colleges Athletic Confer...
Jun 10, 2019 Darren Graham, new head coach of the RDC Kings basketball team.
Get tough: Pot industry wants LA crackdown on rogue shops
LOS ANGELES - The legal marijuana industry urged Los Angeles City Hall on Monday to get tougher with illegal shops that are gouging their businesses in open sight. Illegal pot shops are widespread thr...
Jun 10, 2019
West Virginia governor slams Bloomberg's clean energy plan
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's $500 million effort to close the nation's coal plants isn't sitting well in West Virginia. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice criticized ...
Jun 10, 2019
Andy Cohen pushes to allow surrogacy agreements in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. - Andy Cohen has joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in pushing to legalize paid gestational surrogacy, in which a woman is compensated for carrying a baby for its parents. The "Watch What ...
Jun 10, 2019
Canada 'closely following' reports of attacks on journalists in Russia: Freeland
MONTREAL - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will speak out about the lack of media freedom in Russia during a conference that Canada is co-hosting next month with Great B...
Jun 10, 2019
Rules for new corporate ombud criticized for deferring to companies
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving its new watchdog on international corporate responsibility unprecedented power to hear complaints from Canadian companies that think they've been unfairly tar...
Jun 10, 2019
Wranglers moving to Sylvan Lake, no Jr. A in Blackfalds just yet, Lacombe to have senior hockey this fall
These are busy times on the local hockey scene. The Lacombe Generals sent shockwaves when the four-time Allan Cup champions announced last month they will not be playing in the 2019-20 season. The lon...
Jun 10, 2019
New Manitoba plan contains no carbon tax, higher carbon emissions level
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is watering down its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing any possible carbon tax from the equation. Sustainable Development Minister Roche...
Jun 10, 2019
Ellis Bird Farm open late for Summer Solstice
On Saturday, June 22, Ellis Bird Farm will keep its gates open until 8:00 PM. We normally close at 5:00 p.m. but on this day so close to Summer Solstice, as well as on two other nights later in the su...
Jun 10, 2019
Styrofoam take-out boxes and straws among expected targets of plastics ban
OTTAWA - A national ban on the most harmful single-use plastics will very likely force restaurants and fast-food outlets to find non-plastic materials for takeout and delivery containers but plas...
Jun 10, 2019