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Enbridge offers 2024 finish for Great Lakes tunnel project
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Enbridge Inc. said Thursday it could have a proposed oil pipeline tunnel built and operating beneath a crucial Great Lakes channel by early 2024, responding to demands from Mich...
May 30, 2019
Scheer vows to end 'illegal' border crossings as part of immigration policy plan
OTTAWA - If elected prime minister, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he would put an end to "illegal" border crossings in Canada. Scheer included that as one of several general commitm...
May 30, 2019
Red Deer issues city-wide fire ban
Effective immediately, The City of Red Deer has issued a full city-wide fire ban in light of dry conditions and poor air quality. Officials say the ban is being put in place in a bid to reduce health ...
May 30, 2019
Gas prices drop as province scraps carbon tax
Gas prices in Red Deer fell as much as seven cents on Thursday as the United Conservatives cancelled the provincial tax on gasoline and home heating fuels put in place by the NDP.An Alberta carbon tax...
May 30, 2019 The price of gas in Red Deer fell 7 cents between 9 a.m. (left) and 4 p.m. on Thursday (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
CBC head defends coverage after Scheer suggests too much focus on U.S. politics
OTTAWA - The CEO of the CBC is defending its coverage of American politics after Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer suggested the public broadcaster places too much emphasis on the United Sta...
May 30, 2019
Speller balances bee with reality TV, social media stardom
OXON HILL, Md. - Akash Vukoti no longer stands out at the Scripps National Spelling Bee for his age, not with a record 23 spellers competing this year who are 9 or younger. But he's the only member of...
May 30, 2019
Rare white young killer whale swimming off the British Columbia coast
VANCOUVER - A rare white killer whale has been spotted off the coast of British Columbia. Jared Towers, an orca ecologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, says the young transient killer whale w...
May 30, 2019
Smaller group for Rebels prospects camp this weekend
It's happening at the same place at the same time of year, but this weekend's Red Deer Rebels Prospects Camp will have a new look.Where as in past years the team invited a fairly large group that incl...
May 30, 2019
Provincial officials update wildfire situation
Agriculture and Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen, Municipal Affairs Minister Kaycee Madu and officials provide an update Thursday afternoon on the Alberta wildfire situation.About 10,000 Albertans hav...
May 30, 2019
Louisiana's Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana's Democratic governor signed a ban on abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy Thursday, a move that puts him squarely in line with the leaders of other conservative So...
May 30, 2019