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Preliminary hearing for Stettler homicide booked for Red Deer
A preliminary hearing for a Stettler man charged with second-degree murder will take place in Red Deer next year. John Savage, 51, is charged in the death of James Hulkevich, 71, on the evening of Apr...
Jun 15, 2018
First annual Rocky Learning Expo a huge success
The first annual Rocky Learning Centre Learning Expo brought in people of all types on Thursday, while raising awareness on the centre's resources. "One of our representatives said we're the best kept...
Jun 15, 2018
Owners of the rail line to Churchill had duty to fix it: regulators
WINNIPEG - Federal regulators have ruled that the owners of a broken rail line to Churchill were wrong not to repair the track that kept the northern Manitoba community connected to the outside world....
Jun 15, 2018
Co-op donates $105K for outdoor living classroom
RED DEER- Co-op is helping to build a place for everyone in Red Deer, with funding for the Red Deer Public School Foundation. The Co-op Community Spaces Program is providing $105,000 to help create a ...
Jun 15, 2018
Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Romanian tennis player Simona Halep sparks outrage
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanians have expressed outrage at a cartoon in the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo likening their newly crowned tennis champion to a Gypsy scrap metal collector. The ca...
Jun 15, 2018
Montreal police seek potential witness in case of missing 10-year-old boy
Montreal police said Friday they are looking to speak with a woman who was in the same park where a 10-year-old boy was last seen before he went missing last March. Police don’t consider the wom...
Jun 15, 2018
Market Watch - June 15, 2018
Big Picture By Bill Curry Loonie Suffering From G7 Summit Fallout Heated anti-Canada rhetoric from the Trump Administration following the G7 Summit has many Canadian business leaders concerned about t...
Jun 15, 2018
McDonald's to switch to paper straws in U.K., Ireland
NEW YORK - McDonald’s said Friday it will switch to paper straws at all its locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and test an alternative to plastic ones in some of its U.S. restaurants l...
Jun 15, 2018
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games World Cup At Ekaterinburg, Russia Uruguay 1 Egypt 0 At Saint Petersburg, Russia Iran 1 Morocco 0 At Sochi, Russia Portugal 3 Spain 3 — CFL Saskatchewan 27 Toronto 19 —...
Jun 15, 2018
Ontario will scrap cap and trade, challenge Ottawa's carbon tax: Doug Ford
TORONTO - Doug Ford said Friday he will scrap Ontario’s cap-and-trade system and fight a federal carbon tax as soon as his Progressive Conservative cabinet is sworn in later this month because t...
Jun 15, 2018