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Feds invest in Alberta railway safety improvements
The federal government has announced it will contribute $3.3 million dollars to make Alberta railways safer. The funds will be used to build barriers to prevent trespassing, and install flashing light...
Aug 28, 2018
Three cannabis store applications in Rocky
The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC) has received three applications from companies interested in opening up a pot shop in Rocky Mountain House since it started accepting applicants on Marc...
Aug 28, 2018
UCP nomination voting for Drayton Valley-Devon occurring this week
United Conservative Party members for the Drayton Valley-Devon constituency vote this week to choose who they want to represent the riding come the 2019 provincial election. Incumbent MLA Mark Smith i...
Aug 28, 2018
'The Walk to Remember' raising awareness for missing and murdered indigenous women
MEDICINE HAT, AB -Since 1970 the number of missing and murdered indigenous women ranges from 1,000-4,000. Matthew Jefferson is walking across Canada to raise awareness after his aunt went missing in 2...
Aug 28, 2018
Airline baggage fees soar
MONTREAL — It now costs more for passengers to check their bags for Air Canada and WestJet flights. The airlines are raising the fee for the first checked bag by five-dollars to 30-dollars and b...
Aug 28, 2018
11-year-old girl gets heart transplant after visit by Drake
CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago girl has received a heart transplant just days after she danced her way into a hospital visit from Drake. Surgeons performed the transplant on 11-year-old Sofia Sanchez on...
Aug 28, 2018
Cambodian trial of Australian filmmaker nears end
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - An Australian filmmaker charged with endangering Cambodia’s national security told a judge Tuesday that his relationship with the now-disbanded opposition Cambodia Nationa...
Aug 28, 2018
New Brunswick Tories say election will be 'a referendum on carbon tax'
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s Tory leader is aiming to make the federally mandated carbon tax the defining issue of the campaign for the Sept. 24 provincial election. “I think this electio...
Aug 28, 2018
CARTOON 08-28-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 08-28-2018
Aug 28, 2018
In the news today, Aug. 28
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Aug. 28 --- FREELAND BACK IN WASHINGTON FOR NAFTA TALKS Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will be back in Washington today to rejoin negotiations amid fr...
Aug 28, 2018