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Province seeks input on Trans Mountain pipeline project
EDMONTON- The Notley government is asking 20-thousand people from coast to coast for their opinions on the Trans Mountain pipeline project. Government communications spokesman David Sands says the sur...
Jul 18, 2018
AP sources: Leonard going to Raptors, DeRozan going to Spurs
Two people familiar with the situation say San Antonio and Toronto have reached an agreement in principle on a trade that will send Kawhi Leonard to the Raptors and DeMar DeRozan to the Spurs. One of ...
Jul 18, 2018
QE 2 / Gaetz Avenue Interchange update:
RED DEER- With construction of the new southbound access to the QE 2 underway, permanent closure of the frontage road along Gasoline Alley West (between the businesses and the QE 2) will take place th...
Jul 18, 2018
Calgary Police Chief Roger Chaffin calling it quits
CALGARY- Police Chief Roger Chaffin has announced he will be retiring in January — three years after he took the job. Chaffin says he wanted to modernize the force and he knows it’s now on...
Jul 18, 2018
Drumheller RCMP warn public of “gifting cloud” scheme
DRUMHELLER- RCMP are warning the public about a recent increase in local women being invited to attend ‘gifting cloud’ or ‘pay-it-forward cloud’ events, also known as ‘gi...
Jul 18, 2018
Elon Musk apologizes for calling cave rescue diver a 'pedo'
BANGKOK - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has apologized for calling a British diver involved in the Thailand cave rescue a pedophile, saying he spoke in anger but was wrong to do so. There was no imme...
Jul 18, 2018
Syrian forces' bombing intensifies in southern rebel holdout
BEIRUT - Syrian government forces determined to retake the largest opposition holdout in the country’s southwest unleashed an intense bombing campaign, killing at least a dozen people and woundi...
Jul 18, 2018
EU ruling against Google opens 'opportunity,' rival says
BRUSSELS - European regulators’ latest swipe at the dominance of U.S. tech giant Google could open new opportunities for rivals in search and web browsers - that is, if handset manufacturers dec...
Jul 18, 2018
Trump talks tougher, now says he warned Putin on meddling
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump spent a second day Wednesday managing the political fallout from his widely criticized meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, shifting stances and mopping up w...
Jul 18, 2018
Historians say Trump upends norms of presidential behaviour
HELSINKI - Plenty of U.S. presidents have created commotion in their travels abroad, but none as much as President Donald Trump. The president’s tumultuous trip across Europe, historians say, sm...
Jul 18, 2018