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Rising star Hannah Darling retires from Canadian women's rugby sevens team
TORONTO - Hannah Darling, a rising star in Canadian rugby sevens and a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the Rio Olympics, has retired from the national team. The 22-year-old from Warsaw, Ont...
Oct 14, 2018
Enbridge to begin building road to access pipeline explosion site in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Enbridge Inc. says it has begun construction of a temporary access road to the site of a natural gas pipeline explosion in Prince George, B.C. In a news release issued Sunday the company s...
Oct 14, 2018
Couple from B.C. recreate 'Alien' birth scene for maternity photo shoot
VANCOUVER - In Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic, “Alien,” the crew of the Nostromo begin a voyage unknowingly carrying a new being along with them. Thirty-nine years later, Todd and Nicol...
Oct 14, 2018
Alberta RCMP training more officers in roadside testing ahead of cannabis legalization
Alberta RCMP and Traffic Services are showing they’re as ready as they’re going to be just days ahead of the legalization of cannabis across the country. On Friday, members held an interac...
Oct 14, 2018
Weekend Wrap-Up: Oct. 13-14
Charity Checkstop The fourth annual Coats 4 Kids charity checkstop slowed down traffic along Taylor Drive south on Saturday, but for a good cause. Representatives from the Central Alberta Crime Preven...
Oct 14, 2018
Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce to hold AGM October 23
The Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce is holding its Annual General Meeting Wednesday, October 23. The event will also recognize volunteers. A standing reception will be held at 4 p.m., with t...
Oct 14, 2018
'First Man' blasts off behind 'Venom,' 'A Star Is Born'
LOS ANGELES - The Neil Armstrong film “First Man” settled for a third-place landing at the North American box office in its opening weekend in theatres. The Ryan Gosling-starrer and a host...
Oct 14, 2018
Family says former Liberal cabinet minister Donald Macdonald dead at 86
TORONTO - Longtime Liberal politician and former cabinet minister Donald Macdonald died on Sunday at the age of 86, his family said. His daughter Sonja Macdonald said he died in his sleep at his Toron...
Oct 14, 2018
Canada 'A' rugby team edges Tonga 'A' 32-31 thanks to late penalty try
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Canada ‘A’ took advantage of a late penalty try to edge Tonga ‘A’ 32-31 at the World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge on Sunday. The Canadians (1-2-0) too...
Oct 14, 2018
Andrew Scheer on revamped NAFTA deal: 'I would have signed a better one'
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is opening a new front in his party’s fight against the revamped NAFTA deal, saying he would have done better than Justin Trudeau. The United States is...
Oct 14, 2018