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Rustlers pillage Pirates to remain undefeated
The Red Deer Senior Rustlers and Sylvan Lake Pirates, the newest local rivals in the North Central Hockey League, met for the first time Saturday night in Penhold with the Rustlers skating away with a...
Oct 23, 2018
Japan journalist freed from Syrian captivity says he's safe
TOKYO - A Japanese journalist freed after more than three years of captivity in Syria said Wednesday he is safe in neighbouring Turkey. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Japanese Embassy offici...
Oct 23, 2018
Luxury home sales drop 35% in Toronto and Vancouver; high-end condo sales up
TORONTO - Sales of luxury homes in two of Canada’s most expensive cities fell this year, as the high-end real estate market continued to feel the impact of foreign buyers taxes. Realty brokerage...
Oct 23, 2018
Province modernizes its liquor rules
EDMONTON- Changes are coming to the province's liquor regulations for restaurants, bars and hotels. The Notley government says it is modernizing its liquor rules which means starting now, restaurants ...
Oct 23, 2018
Sandra Day O'Connor announces likely Alzheimer's diagnosis
WASHINGTON - Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday in a frank and personal letter that she has been diagnosed with “the beginning stages of dementia,...
Oct 23, 2018
Philip Morris woos puff-happy Japan for post-smoking era
TOKYO - Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro and other major cigarette brands, is manoeuvring to keep itself in business in a post-smoking world with an advertising blitz in puff-happy Japan and other tob...
Oct 23, 2018
EU rejects Italy's budget, raising stakes in dispute
BRUSSELS - The European Union set up a high-stakes battle with Italy, one of the bloc’s biggest economies, over who has final control over a member state’s budget after the executive Commi...
Oct 23, 2018
Fisheries minister meets with stakeholders to discuss right whale protections
HALIFAX - The federal fisheries minister met with fishermen, industry representatives and marine scientists Tuesday to discuss the impact of restrictions put in place to protect North Atlantic right w...
Oct 23, 2018
Premier Notley supports labour minister's visit to Canada Post picket line
EDMONTON- Premier Notley says it wasn’t inappropriate for her labour minister to show up at a picket line of Canada Post workers. Edmonton NDP legislature member Christina Gray visited the line ...
Oct 23, 2018
New exhibit and fundraiser for Red Deer Food Bank
RED DEER- The artists of the Viewpoint Gallery present a new group exhibition called FOOD. It features work by Erin Boake, Robin Lambert, Alysse Bowd, Darren Petersen, Dawn Candy, Arto Djerdjerian, An...
Oct 23, 2018