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National Walk or Run to Quit program returns to Red Deer
A national program aimed at helping people quit smoking and live a healthier lifestyle has returned to Red Deer. The 'Walk or Run to Quit' program launched from Red Deer's Running Run Thursday night a...
Aug 10, 2018
Beluga backlash: Inuk father faces critics after sharing photo of whale harvest
RANKIN INLET, Nunavut - An Inuk father who posted a photo on Twitter expressing pride in his son’s first beluga whale harvest says he’s received a lot of online backlash from people who do...
Aug 10, 2018
Toronto Wolfpack open promotion push, look to fast-track it to Super League
It has been just 525 days since the Toronto Wolfpack debuted in the third tier of English rugby league with a 76-0 demolition of London Skolars. With the Wolfpack bottom line now standing at 40 league...
Aug 10, 2018
Flaring wildfires in B.C.'s Cariboo prompt evacuation alert for part of Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - A wildfire in British Columbia has prompted an evacuation alert for some residents of the city of Quesnel, meaning they must be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice. The Caribo...
Aug 10, 2018
Red Deer area unemployment rate up slightly in July
RED DEER- Stats Canada is out with unemployment numbers for July. In the Red Deer area, the unemployment rate edged up from 5.4% to 5.6%. The Alberta rate also rose from 6.5% to 6.7%. The national job...
Aug 10, 2018
Photographer says Bill Murray harassed him at restaurant
OAK BLUFFS, Mass. - A photographer says actor Bill Murray slammed him against a door and poured a glass of water over him while he was shooting a band at a Massachusetts restaurant. Peter Simon tells ...
Aug 10, 2018
A timeline of the deadly shooting in Fredericton
A timeline of events in Friday’s deadly shooting in Fredericton. All times in Atlantic time: 7:07 a.m. Local resident David MacCoubrey is awakened by the sound of three gunshots just outside his...
Aug 10, 2018
Trudeau honours Fredericton shooting victims as he opens Toronto street festival
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau honoured the victims of the Fredericton shooting during a visit to Toronto’s Greektown - the scene of another rampage last month - to help open a popular ...
Aug 10, 2018
Macron, Putin talk about hunger-striking Ukraine filmmaker
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday about his concern for a Ukrainian filmmaker who is on a hunger strike in a Siberian prison. Macron urged ...
Aug 10, 2018
'Unflinching' police in Fredericton 'no doubt saved lives,' says PM
OTTAWA - Officers who rushed to the scene of a deadly shooting in Fredericton likely saved the lives of others, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday as Canadians reeled from news of early-morning...
Aug 10, 2018