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Writing-on-Stone monument named UNESCO World Heritage Site
OTTAWA - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has added Alberta's Writing-on-Stone monument to its list of World Heritage Sites.The federal government says the designat...
Jul 07, 2019 The site is located southeast of Lethbridge. (Government of Alberta)
Scheer calls for more inspections on Chinese imports, possible tariffs
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up inspections on all products from China and to consider slapping tariffs on imports from the...
Jul 07, 2019
Man dead after paddleboard fall in Banff National Park
LAKE LOUISE, AB - Divers have recovered the body of a man who disappeared after falling off a paddleboard in Banff National Park over the Canada Day long weekend.RCMP say the 25-year-old man's body wa...
Jul 07, 2019
Brooks RCMP searching for missing driver after vehicle hits ravine
COUNTY OF NEWELL, AB - Brooks RCMP are searching for the driver of a vehicle that became submerged in a ravine on Friday evening.Police were called to a rural property about 20 kilometres west of Broo...
Jul 07, 2019 (RCMP)
Federal government commits $2.8 million to anti-workplace harassment project
A project aimed at reducing workplace harassment and promoting accountable work environments will receive almost $2.8 million in federal funding, the government announced Friday. The money will g...
Jul 07, 2019
NewsAlert: U.S. beats the Netherlands 2-0 to win Women's World Cup
LYON, France - The United States has won its fourth Women's World Cup title. The defending champions downed the Netherlands 2-0 to claim the trophy on Sunday. The Associated Press
Jul 07, 2019
Atlantic Canada CFL team now eyes 2021 start in Moncton, N.B.
Anthony LeBlanc has tempered his enthusiasm. LeBlanc said Friday the expectation now is for the CFL's Atlantic Schooners to be ready to play in 2021 in Moncton, N.B., while a new stadiu...
Jul 07, 2019
Red Deer keeper to stand guard for Canadian quidditch squad
One of Red Deer's own is headed to the International Quidditch Association Pan American Games.It is the popular sport straight out of Harry Potter books, but it's real competition in the non-fictional...
Jul 07, 2019 Brian Gallaway (dark jersey) competes in a game for the Central Alberta Centaurs. (Lara Hiles)
W.Va. coal billionaire Cline killed in helicopter crash
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Coal tycoon Chris Cline, who worked his way out of West Virginia's underground mines to amass a fortune and become a major Republican donor, has died in a helicopter crash outside ...
Jul 07, 2019
Coleman's mother says her daughter was frightened and robotic after captivity
OTTAWA - Lynda Coleman says her daughter, Caitlan, was an unemotional automaton who was afraid of her husband in the weeks after she and Joshua Boyle were released from captivity. Coleman sa...
Jul 07, 2019