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Guns, ammo, drugs seized in Drumheller traffic stop
Charges have been laid after Mounties seized firearms, ammunition and drugs near Drumheller. The items were seized during a traffic stop on Tuesday. Both occupants of the vehicle were arrested for pos...
Sep 26, 2018
New faces, different mood at this season's Raptors training camp
BURNABY, B.C. - Fred VanVleet stepped into the middle of a semicircle of reporters on Wednesday, his hands resting on a gaudy faux gold WWE championship belt cinched around his waist. Two days into To...
Sep 26, 2018
Company says chlorine spill into Nordegg River was handled adequately
The head of the company responsible for leaking chlorinated water into the Nordegg River feels the situation is being blown out of proportion. On Sept. 10, a holding tank belonging to Westbrick Energy...
Sep 26, 2018
McGuire hits first major league homer, Jays win in Gibbons' last home game
TORONTO - John Gibbons wanted to end his time in Toronto on a winning note. His players made sure he got that wish. The Blue Jays - backed by homers from rookie Reese McGuire and Randal Grichuk - topp...
Sep 26, 2018
Reader shares his solution for Red Deer’s growing drug-related problems
I don’t agree with safe consumption sites, but I do think they are part of the solution to clean, happy and prosperous communities. The solution comes in multiple stages and I hope to get the co...
Sep 26, 2018
More US corporate giants warn tariffs will mean price hikes
DETROIT - From Ford to Walmart to Procter & Gamble, a growing number of iconic American companies are warning that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on U.S. imports are raising their costs an...
Sep 26, 2018
A brief look at provincial approaches to recreational marijuana sales
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government has unveiled more details on its plan to sell recreational cannabis. Here’s a look at provincial and territorial plans to date. – Britis...
Sep 26, 2018
Trudeau pleads for more decorum as debate in House of Commons reaches new lows
OTTAWA - As grisly details of the rape and death of eight-year-old Tori Stafford were being recounted by a Conservative MP during question period Wednesday, some MPs reacted with gasps of revulsion. B...
Sep 26, 2018
'Jackhammer' wire helps crack open fully blocked coronary arteries: researchers
TORONTO - In what’s being touted as a world first, Montreal researchers have been able to bust open coronary arteries completely blocked with calcium deposits using an innovative device that pro...
Sep 26, 2018
Forest fires, pests pose threat to forestry sector growth, federal report says
OTTAWA - A new government report on the state of Canadian forests shows that the area burned last year by fires jumped nearly three-fold compared to the year before. In 2017, almost 3.4 million hectar...
Sep 26, 2018