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Red Deer Mounties arrest 15 in recent drug trafficking sweep
A drug trafficking sweep by Red Deer RCMP has led to the arrest of 15 people. Between April 30 and May 15, Mounties charged those arrested with 69 offences, 38 of them being drug trafficking counts. P...
Jun 27, 2018
Trade dispute, housing to 'figure prominently' in central bank's rate decision
OTTAWA - The impacts of both the escalating cross-border trade fight and new mortgage rules will “figure prominently” for the Bank of Canada ahead of its upcoming interest-rate decision, g...
Jun 27, 2018
Nova Scotia committed to offshore exploration despite spill: Energy minister
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s energy minister says he’s concerned about the spill of thousands of litres of drilling fluids off the province’s coast but remains committed to growing the oi...
Jun 27, 2018
Coulee road project price tag up by nearly $25,000
The Coulee road slope and drainage rehabilitation project is anticipated to cost a little bit more, thanks to changes caused by heavy snowfall this past winter. The original amount included in the 201...
Jun 27, 2018
Canadian goaltender Shannon Szabados signs with NWHL's Buffalo Beauts
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Canadian goaltender Shannon Szabados has signed with the NWHL’s Buffalo Beauts. The team made the announcement Wednesday on Twitter. The 31-year-old from Edmonton has backstopped...
Jun 27, 2018
Agreement reached to end children's book infringement case
BOISE, Idaho - A group that preserves and promotes the work of a deaf, self-taught Idaho artist whose creations appear in museums around the world agreed Wednesday to dismiss its copyright infringemen...
Jun 27, 2018
Regina police asked to clear protest teepees at legislature for Canada Day party
REGINA - Saskatchewan’s Provincial Capital Commission is calling on Regina police to remove a growing number of teepees set up in protest outside the legislature to make way for a Canada Day con...
Jun 27, 2018
Suspended Vice-Admiral Norman to be removed as military's second-in-command
OTTAWA - Suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman will be shuffled out of his position as the military’s second-in-command on Thursday, as the criminal case against him works its way through the court...
Jun 27, 2018
N.B. police officers face hearing in shooting death of businessman
BATHURST, N.B. - Two Bathurst, N.B., police officers who were cleared of criminal charges in the 2015 shooting death of a businessman will face a hearing for alleged code of conduct breaches. A judge ...
Jun 27, 2018
Air Canada grounding flights between Red Deer and Calgary
Air Canada has announced it will soon be discontinuing its daily flight service between Red Deer and Calgary. The airline issued the following statement on June 27 regarding the upcoming change: "We w...
Jun 27, 2018