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Brazeau County finalizes Budget 2018
Brazeau County’s 2018 budget is out, and in it includes big spending on road and infrastructure upgrades while giving a 30 per cent reduction in residential taxed from 2015. Budget 2018 is estim...
May 7, 2018
New York AG's fall: From women's defender to alleged abuser
NEW YORK - Less than three months ago, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman went before the news cameras to announce a lawsuit accusing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and his former studio of abu...
May 7, 2018
Thunder Country Trampoline & Gymnastics Club earns first in Trampoline Team Event at Provincials
It was a strong showing for Red Deer's Thunder Country Trampoline and Gymnastics Club at the Alberta Provincial Trampoline and Tumbling Championships held in Calgary over the weekend. In the Team Even...
May 7, 2018
Cleveland's Lue speaks out in support of Raptors counterpart Dwane Casey
Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue says the idea that Raptors coach Dwane Casey’s job might be in jeopardy is absurd. Lue was asked prior to Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal about Ca...
May 7, 2018
Hawaiian volcanic eruption leaves former Vancouver resident shaken
MAUNA LOA, Hawaii - A former Vancouver resident who owns a tea farm near the Kilauea volcano says her small Hawaiian community has been traumatized since molten lava began spewing several days ago. El...
May 7, 2018
Red Deer River Naturalists inviting you to take part in May Species Count
An organization that works to conserve natural areas and species native to central Alberta is offering you the chance to take part in a Species Count this month. Officials with the Red Deer River Natu...
May 7, 2018
Horses and soccer to converge at Calgary's Spruce Meadows in 2019
CALGARY - Combining horses with soccer isn’t a stretch at Spruce Meadows, according to the equestrian facility’s senior vice-president. Calgary’s team in the new Canadian Premier Lea...
May 7, 2018
B.C. sets new greenhouse reduction targets to 60 per cent by 2040
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s government is counting on businesses, communities and residents to help fight climate change over the coming decades, the province’s environment minister said...
May 7, 2018
B.C. police make arrest 7 years after newlywed shot following minor crash
SURREY, B.C. - A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death seven years ago of a newlywed husband in what police say was an apparent case of road rage. Samandeep Singh Gill of Surrey,...
May 7, 2018
Adult film star Stormy Daniels to visit Windsor, Ont., in June for two events
WINDSOR, Ont. - The porn star at the centre of legal wrangling involving U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in Windsor, Ont., next month. Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie C...
May 7, 2018