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Man arrested for murder after Canadian Forces member killed in Florida
OTTAWA - Florida police have arrested a man for the murder of a Canadian Armed Forces following a violent altercation. Master Cpl. Martin Brayman died from severe head injuries Monday after he was att...
Sep 11, 2019

'Friends of Science' thanks Elections Canada for warning on climate-change talk
OTTAWA - A Calgary organization that argues climate change is nothing close to a global emergency says Elections Canada is right to keep a close eye on campaign-period communications from th...
Sep 11, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)

Use of fake social media bots in Alberta election coming in federal vote: experts
EDMONTON - A federal report confirming the use of false social media posts to try to manipulate last spring's Alberta election points to dangers for the upcoming federal vote, political scie...
Sep 11, 2019 The Canadian Press

Tories turn to Bryan Adams' songwriter for election campaign theme
TORONTO - The Conservatives have turned to Bryan Adams' longtime hitmaker Jim Vallance to pen their campaign song.The guitar-driven tune is packed with Vallance's trademarked pop-rock zeal, as a choru...
Sep 11, 2019 The Canadian Press

History Channel drops out of planned Dillinger documentary
INDIANAPOLIS - The History Channel has dropped out of a planned documentary on John Dillinger that would have included the proposed exhumation of the 1930s gangster's Indianapolis gravesite. A&E N...
Sep 11, 2019

100 Men Red Deer chooses Aspire for latest donation
A local organization aimed at helping central Alberta charities meet their needs is celebrating the success of their most recent fundraising event.100 Men Red Deer held their latest quarterly meeting ...
Sep 11, 2019

Local candidates for the Oct. 21 federal election
With the federal election campaign now officially underway, not every party has nominated candidates to run in central Alberta ridings. Incumbent Conservative MPs Blaine Calkins in Red Deer-Lacombe an...
Sep 11, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

Alberta investigating after medical examiner uses truck trailer for body storage
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is investigating after video surfaced showing a medical examiner's office using a truck trailer to store dead bodies and one corpse being roughly haule...
Sep 11, 2019

Drake Batherson hoping to earn full-time role with Ottawa Senators
BELLEVILLE, Ont. - After spending last season in the American Hockey League, Drake Batherson feels he's ready to make the jump to the Ottawa Senators. The 21-year-old forward hopes he can convinc...
Sep 11, 2019

Attorneys: OxyContin maker agrees to tentative settlement
HARTFORD, Conn. - Attorneys for some 2,000 local governments say they have agreed to a tentative settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over the toll of the nation's opioid crisis. Attorney Pau...
Sep 11, 2019