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Whitey Ford, 91, pitcher who epitomized mighty Yankees, dies
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. - Whitey Ford, the street-smart New Yorker who had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become baseball's perennial champions in the...
Oct 09, 2020

Trudeau needs to halt byelections as COVID-19 surges in Toronto, Green leader says
OTTAWA - Green party Leader Annamie Paul says with COVID-19 cases rising in Toronto, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should suspend two byelections underway there. Paul, who took the reins of the Green ...
Oct 09, 2020

Drayton Valley RCMP Report: October 1 - October 8
October 11:36 pm - Drayton Valley - 51 Ave - Thanks to the assistance of the town Peace Officer it was discovered that a licence plate was stolen off a Ford Explorer near the town bakery. The investig...
Oct 09, 2020

Conservation group encourages people to leave their leaves on the ground
Officials with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) have some green advice for Canadians hoping to avoid raking leaves on their lawn this fall.They're encouraging you to leave the rake in the shed a...
Oct 09, 2020

For seventh time in eight days, Quebec reports more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases
MONTREAL - Quebec health authorities are reporting 1,102 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 84,094. This is the seventh time in eight days there have been mor...
Oct 09, 2020

Winnipeg Jets reacquire centre Paul Stastny from Vegas Golden Knights
WINNIPEG - Paul Stastny is heading back to the Winnipeg Jets. Winnipeg reacquired the 34-year-old centre from the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday in exchange for defenceman Carl Dahlstrom and a c...
Oct 09, 2020

Montreal Canadiens sign homegrown defenceman Victor Mete to one-year extension
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have signed Victor Mete to a one-year, US $735,000 extension. The 22-year-old Mete had four goals and seven assists in 51 games with the Canadiens last season. The fi...
Oct 09, 2020

Red Deer unemployment rate sees decrease in September
The unemployment rate for the Red Deer region for September was 12.1 per cent, down from 12.9 per cent in August, according to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada.The local jobless rate in Septe...
Oct 09, 2020

The Latest: Nadal wins 2nd set in French Open semifinals 6-3
PARIS - The Latest from the French Open (all times local): ___ 4:55 p.m. Defending champion Rafael Nadal is a step closer to reaching a 13th French Open final after winning the second set 6-3 against ...
Oct 09, 2020

PST will cause pain but won't fix the budget
Alberta's finances are a mess. By the end of the year, Alberta will have the largest deficit in the province's history coupled with a $100-billion debt tab. Almost like clockwork, some academics are r...
Oct 09, 2020