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Kitten OK after being rescued from underground pipe in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An adventurous feline has been rescued after getting trapped in an underground pipe in Kamloops, B.C. Dan Groess, owner of A Groess Underground sewer and drain services, says he respo...
Jul 17, 2018
UPDATE: Eastview fire the result of mechanical failure
No one was injured when a garage at a home in Red Deer's Eastview neighbourhood went up in flames Tuesday afternoon. The cause, says Fire Prevention Officer Andrew Towers, was deemed accidental in nat...
Jul 17, 2018
Manslaughter charge laid in March 2017 Red Deer homicide
RCMP Major Crimes South have made an arrest in relation to a man's death in Red Deer more than a year ago. Mounties arrested 34-year-old Gabriel Juma We Agotic of Red Deer in Calgary on Monday and cha...
Jul 17, 2018
Conservative party pulls attack ad of black man walking over Trudeau tweet
OTTAWA - The Conservative party pulled an attack ad from its Twitter feed Tuesday that depicted a black man carrying a suitcase walking over a tweet from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The tweet is ro...
Jul 17, 2018
Humane Society dealing with kitty crunch
If you're feline up for it, right meow would be an awfully good time to adopt a kitten from the Central Alberta Humane Society. Not only are they offering adoptions at a massively discounted rate of $...
Jul 17, 2018
Three-time Brier champion Stoughton named national men's team coach
Jeff Stoughton helped guide Canada’s mixed doubles curling team to Olympic gold at the Winter Games. He’s hoping to do the same thing with the national four-man team at the 2022 Winter Gam...
Jul 17, 2018
Alberta appeals court ruling ordering province to pay $2M over beer subsidy
EDMONTON - Alberta has served notice it will appeal a court ruling ordering the province to pay just over $2 million to two out-of-province breweries over a disputed beer subsidy. The government filed...
Jul 17, 2018
No danger after freight train derailment near Quebec-Ontario border
SAINT-POLYCARPE, Que. - Quebec’s public security minister offered assurances Tuesday that nothing leaked into a nearby river after a Canadian Pacific freight train derailment just east of the On...
Jul 17, 2018
Man critically injured in pedestrian hit and run, driver arrested
Red Deer RCMP say they've arrested a woman after a pedestrian hit and run sent a male pedestrian to hospital with critical injuries. Mounties responded at about 2 p.m. Tuesday to a convenience store p...
Jul 17, 2018
Alouettes quarterback Mathews out 4-6 weeks with foot injury; Willy to return
MONTREAL - Quarterback Jeff Mathews will be out for four-to-six weeks with a foot injury, the Montreal Alouettes announced Tuesday. Mathews suffered a lisfranc injury, which affects a bone or tendon i...
Jul 17, 2018