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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)
Lawyer says 'loving' emails' are key to Weinstein defence
NEW YORK - Defence lawyers want to use a trove of intimate email correspondence between Harvey Weinstein and his accusers to try to convince a jury that any contact was consensual, one of the attorney...
Jan 21, 2020
Violence in northern Syria kills 17, including whole family
BEIRUT - Airstrikes on rebel-held parts of northwestern Syria and the shelling of government-held areas killed at least 17 people Tuesday, including an entire family, Syrian opposition activists said....
Jan 21, 2020
Phoenix police: 3 children found dead, mother arrested
PHOENIX - A Phoenix woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her three children, who were found dead inside the family home, authorities said Tuesday. The 22-year-old mother, whose name has not...
Jan 21, 2020
Powell Power: Canadian centre plays a big role in Mavericks' potent offence
Dwight Powell's contributions to the Dallas Mavericks' NBA-leading offence might not be as apparent to the casual observer as those of his flashier teammates. Twenty-year-old Luka Doncic is ...
Jan 21, 2020