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Canadian Liam Fraser ready for his Toronto FC close-up in Bradley's absence
Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney, looking to diffuse expectations, says it will take more than one player to replace injured captain Michael Bradley. But it seems clear Liam Fraser is ...
Jan 21, 2020
Manitoba premier says grain-drying would be exempt from a Manitoba carbon tax
BRANDON, Man. - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is pitching his plan for a carbon tax to agricultural producers as a much better alternative than the current federal one. Pallister told an agricultur...
Jan 21, 2020
Malaysia returns 150 containers of garbage, including 11 to Canada
OTTAWA - Malaysia says it returned 11 shipping containers of plastic garbage to Canada after they arrived on its shores illegally last year. But Canadian officials, citing privacy laws, refu...
Jan 21, 2020
NewsAlert: Jean Charest won't seek Tory leadership
MONTREAL - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest has decided not to seek the federal Conservative leadership. In an interview with Radio-Canada today, he says the odds are stacked against someone from ou...
Jan 21, 2020
Drayton Valley community dinners make their return
Drayton Valley residents will once again be able to participate in a popular monthly tradition, as the Community Dinners are returning starting tonight.The first community dinner of 2020 is happening ...
Jan 21, 2020
US gets 1st case of mysterious new Chinese illness
SEATTLE - A U .S. citizen who recently returned from a trip to central China has been diagnosed with the new virus that has sparked an outbreak and stringent monitoring around the world. The man retur...
Jan 21, 2020
RDC president confident for success under new provincial funding model
The president of Red Deer College says he's confident the institution will be able to meet its future performance measures under the government's new post-secondary funding model to be launched this s...
Jan 21, 2020 Dr. Peter Nunoda, president of Red Deer College. (RDC)
Clearwater County hit by outstanding oil and gas property taxes
A recent story from The Canadian Press detailed how the amount of unpaid property taxes owed by oil and gas companies to Alberta's rural municipalities mas more than doubled over the past year.Clearwa...
Jan 21, 2020
Canadian baseball star Walker believes he'll come up shot in Hall of Fame vote
Former Colorado Rockies and Montreal Expos star slugger Larry Walker says he doesn't expect to be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday night. The native of Maple Ridge, B.C., is in h...
Jan 21, 2020
Indigenous session underway for proposed natural gas pipeline west of Rocky Mountain House
A two-day session is underway as the Commission of the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) hears from local First Nations regarding a natural gas pipeline proposed for west of Rocky Mountain House.The sessi...
Jan 21, 2020 (Nova Gas Transmission)