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Alberta asking 24,000 government staff to take pay cut in latest bargaining
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is asking about 24,000 unionized workers, including sheriffs and social workers, to take a pay cut as part of a new collective agreement.The government is currently n...
Feb 07, 2020 Finance Minister Travis Toews (Photo: The Canadian Press)
Winfrey says King not doing well after social media backlash
NEW YORK - Oprah Winfrey says her friend Gayle King is facing death threats following a social media backlash caused by an interview with retired WNBA star Lisa Leslie that concerned the late Kobe Bry...
Feb 07, 2020
Appeal filed for Red Deer man convicted in 2017 stabbing
An appeal has been filed for a Red Deer man convicted in a 2017 stabbing incident.Alberta Justice confirms that a Notice of Appeal was received on Jan. 28 for Linden Joseph Lee Buffalo, 30, who was co...
Feb 07, 2020
Red Deer unemployment rate jumps in January
2020 is off to a brutal start when it comes to local employment numbers. The latest data from Stats Canada shows the unemployment rate for the Red Deer region jumped to 7.4 per cent in January, up fro...
Feb 07, 2020
Probe: No outward engine failure in Bryant helicopter crash
LOS ANGELES - Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed last month and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any outward evidence of engine failure, the National Transportatio...
Feb 07, 2020
Former CFL head coaches Trestman, Jones both part of XFL's resurrection
Marc Trestman heads into the start of the XFL season looking for answers. The eight-team XFL begins its reincarnation Saturday with two games (D.C. Defenders vs. Seattle Dragons, LA Wildcats vs.&...
Feb 07, 2020
Toronto Arrows have familiar look as Major League Rugby season starts
Major League Rugby kicks off its third season this weekend with three new teams and some big-name additions in South Africa's Tendai (The Beast) Mtawarira and former All Blacks Ma'a Nonu and Rene Rang...
Feb 07, 2020
Iraqi officials: At least 8 shot dead in southern Iraq
BAGHDAD - At least eight anti-government protesters were shot dead and 52 were wounded in clashes with followers of a radical Shiite cleric in southern Iraq on Wednesday, Iraqi medical officials and a...
Feb 07, 2020
Almost $150 million in vaunted oceans-protection funding not spent
OTTAWA - Almost $150 million allocated to help protect Canada's oceans has gone unspent by the Trudeau government over the past two years. The Liberals have touted their $1.5-billion oceans protection...
Feb 07, 2020
Oscar Predictions: Can 'Parasite' upset '1917'?
NEW YORK - Ahead of Sunday's 92nd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle shares his predictions for a ceremony with a lot of locks but the potential for a few surprises. BEST PICTURE ...
Feb 07, 2020