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Calgary boy cut by razor blades embedded in slide
CALGARY- A Calgary family says it's in shock after a four-year-old boy was cut by disposable razor blades wedged into a playground slide.Gillian Webster says her son, James, was cut on his buttocks an...
Jun 12, 2019
UCP eyes legislation to override public sector wage talks
EDMONTON- Alberta's finance minister says the government will pass legislation if necessary to override collective bargaining agreements with unions and delay contractually mandated wage talks.The mov...
Jun 12, 2019
Edmonton psychic busted over $72,500 crystal scam
EDMONTON- Police allege there is nothing magic about a woman accused of bilking 10 people of money with a promise that a special crystal would improve their lives.Investigators say complainants were d...
Jun 12, 2019
Correction: Naval War College story
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - In a story June 10 about an investigation into the president of the U.S. Naval War College, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer was sche...
Jun 12, 2019
Athabasca County fined $300,000 for environmental breach
EDMONTON- Athabasca County has been fined $300,000 for breaking a federal environmental law.Environment Canada says the county pleaded guilty to violating Wildlife Area Regulations of the Canada Wildl...
Jun 12, 2019
RDC President Joel Ward receives National Distinguished Service Award
RED DEER- The leadership of Red Deer College President and CEO, Joel Ward, has been recognized by his peers and colleagues as he received the College and Institutes Canada (CICan) Distinguished Servic...
Jun 12, 2019 From left to right: Stuart
Cullum, President & CEO, Olds College; Joel Ward, President & CEO, Red
Deer College; and Michel Tarko, President & CEO of the Justice Institute
of British Columbia and Chair of CICan’s Board of Directors
Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill
OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting most of the amendments proposed by Conservative senators to Bill C-69. A senior government official speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn'...
Jun 12, 2019
Trail closure in Riverlands
RED DEER- A portion of trail along the Red Deer River in Capstone will close Thursday, June 13.The closure is expected to remain in place until October 31, but is dependent on weather. During the clos...
Jun 12, 2019
In the news today, June 12
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, June 12 --- ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT UPHOLDS RULING IN BOYLE CASE A lawyer for Joshua Boyle can introduce evidence of his client's estranged wi...
Jun 12, 2019
'Cautionary tale:' High DDT levels in New Brunswick lakes decades after ban
Several remote New Brunswick lakes still have high levels of a pesticide banned 46 years ago - findings with significant implications for today, says the scientist behind a study on DDT published Wedn...
Jun 12, 2019