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Province commits $49M to upgrade wastewater plant
The provincial government has announced they will be investing $49.2 million to upgrade the wastewater treatment facility in Red Deer. The investment is part of the Water for Life Program, which provi...
Mar 04, 2019
Oilers score 3 in second-period, rally to beat Sabres 4-3
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock says he wasn’t thanking his lucky stars when the Buffalo Sabres muffed two chances to score into an open net in the final eight minutes of EdmontonR...
Mar 04, 2019

Raptors, Rockets to play in Japan next preseason
MIAMI - Toronto and Houston will play a pair of preseason games in Japan next season. The NBA announced Monday night that the Raptors and Rockets will play on Oct. 8 and Oct. 10 at the Saitama Super A...
Mar 04, 2019

Obama tells Winnipeg audience that politics being driven by passions not facts
WINNIPEG - Barack Obama says there is a danger in the United States and around the world with politics being driven by passions disconnected from facts. “I think the danger that we have sometime...
Mar 04, 2019
Police search for driver after crash hurts two officers in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - The RCMP were searching for a driver who they say fled a badly damaged stolen vehicle on Monday after it crashed into a parked police cruiser and injured two officers in Burnaby, B.C. ...
Mar 04, 2019

Publicly accessible crime mapping coming for Red Deerians
Publicly available crime mapping compiled and distributed by the RCMP will become accessible to Red Deerians in the next month. City council approved the measure at its meeting on Monday. The initiati...
Mar 04, 2019

China sets robust growth target to shore up cooling economy
BEIJING - China announced a robust annual economic growth target and a 7.5 per cent rise in military spending Tuesday as it convened an annual legislative session overshadowed by a tariff war with Was...
Mar 04, 2019
Noem offers bills aimed at possible Keystone XL protests
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Monday that she’s proposing a new framework for oil pipeline construction before building starts on the Keystone XL pipeline, introducing legisl...
Mar 04, 2019
Autonomous car testing plan aims to boost public confidence
PITTSBURGH - Companies testing autonomous vehicles in Pittsburgh will have to immediately report crashes resulting in any injuries as part of new guidelines announced Monday intended to boost public c...
Mar 04, 2019

Mnuchin announces halt in payments into 2 retirement funds
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin informed Congress on Monday that he will stop making payments into two government retirement funds now that the debt limit has gone back into effect. In ...
Mar 04, 2019