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Lowry: Nothing to be done about thumb until off-season except play through pain
MILWAUKEE - Kyle Lowry will be playing in pain for the rest of the post-season. Whether the Raptors' thrilling playoff run ends against Milwaukee, or Toronto goes on to make its first appearance in th...
May 23, 2019
Liberals shrugging off concerns about rural crime, opposition MPs charge
OTTAWA - A Liberal-dominated parliamentary committee's report on rural crime is "an insult to all Canadians," Conservative MPs say in a dissenting statement that decries waits of hours or ev...
May 23, 2019
Philippines dismisses Canada's plan to bring garbage back by end of June
OTTAWA - The Philippines is rejecting Canada's late-June timeline for repatriating its garbage. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo told a media briefing in Manila Thursday that Canada's timeline i...
May 23, 2019
Mooseheads' Raphael Lavoie, a power forward, ready for the NHL draft
Halifax Mooseheads forward Raphael Lavoie is showing he can do a little bit of everything ahead of the NHL draft. Score, hit, even chirp. "Game gets hard and sometimes, it happens that we sa...
May 23, 2019
Grandview murder suspects appear in court
Two people charged in a Red Deer homicide this spring will return to court next month to set a date for a preliminary inquiry.Quentin Lee Strawberry, 37, and Jennifer Lee Caswell, 37, both appeared in...
May 23, 2019 Quentin Lee Strawberry (Left) and Jennifer Lee Caswell (Right) each face second degree murder and assault causing bodily harm charges in the death of 45-year-old Joseph Alfred Gallant on Mar. 29, 2019 in Red Deer's Grandview neighbourhood.
Northstar Drive detour in Lacombe
Residents are advised that as part of the City of Lacombe's West Area Servicing Project, there are planned road closures at the intersections of Westview Drive, Eagle Road and Garden Road along Fairwa...
May 23, 2019 Northstar Drive Detour for Westview Drive & Garden Road in Lacombe.
Asian, Asian American heroes to power Marvel comics series
Asian superheroes - assemble. Marvel Comics is giving ink to an unprecedented team-up of its mightiest Asian and Asian American heroes, also known as the new Agents of Atlas. Established icons like ma...
May 23, 2019
Winds helping in battle against fire threatening northern Alberta town
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Fire officials say winds continue to be favourable as crews battle a large wildfire burning a few kilometres from a northern Alberta town. Nearly 5,000 people have cleared out of H...
May 23, 2019
Britain's losing Eurovision song now lower-scoring than ever
PARIS - Britain's Eurovision song "Bigger Than Us" is an even bigger flop than previously thought after its last-place entry was stripped of five points to correct a math error. The song performed by ...
May 23, 2019
Red Deer County sends crew to battle wildfires
Local help is on the way to battle wildfires in northern Alberta.Red Deer County Fire Services has sent four individuals to High Level to assist with the response to the wildfires in the region. The c...
May 23, 2019