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NDP would pay prescription drug costs for middle and low-income seniors
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is promising that, if re-elected, her government would cover all prescription drug costs for middle- and low-income seniors."Seniors built this ...
Mar 29, 2019
Market Watch: March 29, 2019
Big Picture Stocks Struggle for Traction as Investors Weigh Growth Concerns Although they recovered a bit on Thursday, benchmark U.S. Treasury yields sank to fresh 15-month lows on Wednesday, along wi...
Mar 29, 2019
Temporary trail closures due to flooding
Ice build-up on the Red Deer River has caused isolated flooding and as a result, the temporary closures of two riverfront trails in Red Deer.City officials say effective immediately, the riverfront tr...
Mar 29, 2019
Hawaii eyes flavoured e-cigarette ban to curb teen vaping
HONOLULU - The first state to limit tobacco and electronic cigarette sales to people 21 and older is contemplating a new nicotine crackdown: outlawing flavoured electronic cigarette liquids and flavou...
Mar 29, 2019
Ban on plastic bags comes close to reality in a 3rd state
ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo and fellow Democrats who control the Legislature have reached a deal to make New York the third state with a ban on single-use plastic grocery bags as they worked to f...
Mar 29, 2019
Takata air bags claim another life after Arizona crash
DETROIT - Another driver has been killed by an exploding Takata air bag inflator, bringing the worldwide death toll to at least 24. The latest death occurred three days after a crash on June 8, 2018 i...
Mar 29, 2019
Canadiens enter matchup with Jets needing big results against playoff-bound teams
WINNIPEG - Carey Price knows the Montreal Canadiens have a daunting task ahead of them to earn a playoff spot, but he believes the team can rise to the challenge. "We've overcome obstacles and odds al...
Mar 29, 2019
Suspects identified in Red Deer homicide
UPDATE (10:30 a.m. - March 31)RCMP Major Crimes North have laid charges against two people in connection to the death of a man at a home in Grandview on Friday.Quentin Lee Strawberry and Jennifer Lee ...
Mar 29, 2019 Quentin Strawberry (left) and Jennifer Caswell. (RCMP)
Kudlow calls for one-half point rate cut by Fed
WASHINGTON - A top Trump administration official on Friday called on the Federal Reserve to cut its key interest rate by a half-percentage point. Larry Kudlow, head of the president's National Economi...
Mar 29, 2019
ICE arrests man convicted of trespassing at Jenner home
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. immigration authorities have arrested a Canadian man who has twice been convicted of trespassing at the California home of model and Kardashian family member Kendall Jenner. U...
Mar 29, 2019