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Vancouver Canucks sign depth defenceman Guillame Brisebois to one-year deal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have added to their defensive depth, signing Guillaume Brisebois to a one-year, two-way contract. The 23-year-old from Longueuil, Que., spent last season with V...
Oct 30, 2020
Pigskin picks payoff big time for Mirror man
Donald Hekob of Mirror is basking in a $173,595 windfall after he successfully predicted the results of every single NFL game on his Sport Select Pools card for September 13. Hekob, a regular Pools pl...
Oct 30, 2020
No class of 2021 for Hockey Hall of Fame, will have ceremony for 2020 class instead
TORONTO - The Hockey Hall of Fame announced Friday there will be no new inductees in 2021, and the class of 2020 will be honoured in a ceremony that year instead. The 2020 inductees were scheduled to ...
Oct 30, 2020
Lobster dispute: RCMP release images of men near fish plant that was torched
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia RCMP released images today showing two men walking away from a fish plant on the same night it was burned to the ground amid an escalating dispute over an Indigenous lobster ...
Oct 30, 2020
COVID fails to ground high spirits at Red Deer Regional Airport
Despite a battered economy and worsening COVID-19 conditions across the country, the CEO of Red Deer Regional Airport says YQF is still poised for growth moving forward.Graham Ingham admits, however, ...
Oct 30, 2020
Three suspects sought in relation to attempted home invasion
RCMP are asking the public for help to identify three individuals involved in an attempted home invasion this month in Red Deer's Highland Green neighbourhood.Police say it was about 10 p.m. on Oct. 2...
Oct 30, 2020
RDC students excited to see more in-person learning next semester
The president of the Students' Association of Red Deer College (SARDC) says students are very excited to see that more in-person learning opportunities are planned for next term.Brittany Lausen says s...
Oct 30, 2020
Five Things about Canada's foreign-policy end run around Donald Trump
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne was recently pondering Canada's place in the world from his home in Shawinigan, Que., "the command centre of foreign policy, these days," a...
Oct 30, 2020
Trudeau names former Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner as new consul general in Boston
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sending former Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner to represent Canada as the country's consul general in Boston.Cuzner was an MP for Cape Breton for nearly 20 years but...
Oct 30, 2020
Winnipeg Jets sign defenceman Sami Niku to two-year, $1.45M contract
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have signed defenceman Sami Niku to a two-year contract with an average annual value of US$725,000. The 24-year-old Finn played 17 games for the Jets last season and...
Oct 30, 2020