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Red Deer Catholic school bus driver receives transportation award
Red Deer Catholic Transportation bus driver, Kelly Farranto, is being recognized as a leader in the student transportation industry, after being awarded with the March Driver of the Month Award from A...
Apr 16, 2018
Senior U.S. legislator: don't fold to Canada on dairy in new NAFTA.
WASHINGTON - A senior senator is demanding changes that would open Canada’s dairy market as part of any new NAFTA and is urging American trade negotiators to hold the line in the final stages of...
Apr 16, 2018
B.C. man acquitted on terror charges is security risk: RCMP officer
VANCOUVER - The Facebook posts of a British Columbia man acquitted of terrorism-related charges clearly show he wasn’t just a “couch jihadist” with a big mouth but someone who was be...
Apr 16, 2018
B.C. prosecutors considering criminal charges for Trans Mountain protesters
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Prosecution Service is considering criminal charges against dozens of people arrested for protesting Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. But i...
Apr 16, 2018
Woodbine Mohawk Park to play host to 2019 US$6 million Breeders Crown
CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. - Woodbine Mohawk Park will host the US$6 million Breeders Crown, harness racing’s richest and most prestigious year-end divisional championship series. Last year, Woodbine E...
Apr 16, 2018
Quebec City mosque gunman wished he had killed more people: report
QUEBEC - The man who murdered six Muslim men in 2017 told a social worker several months after the killings that he wished there had been more victims, evidence tabled in court Monday indicated. In he...
Apr 16, 2018
Grizzlys announce new GM/Head Coach duo for 2018-19
The Olds Grizzlys have recruited an AJHL legend and promoted from within to lead their hockey operations next season. The Grizzlys announced Joe Murphy as their new Head Coach and Gary Vanhereweghe as...
Apr 16, 2018
US says California rejects proposed border duties for troops
SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration said Monday that California Gov. Jerry Brown rejected terms of the National Guard’s initial deployment to the Mexican border, but a state official said nothi...
Apr 16, 2018
National Gallery of Canada sets sights on buying 'Saint Jerome' with Chagall sale
OTTAWA - The National Gallery of Canada says a plan to sell a Marc Chagall painting “was not made lightly” and would allow it to buy an Old Master painting key to bolstering its collection...
Apr 16, 2018
Five Rebels crack final rankings for 2018 NHL Draft
Five members of the Red Deer Rebels are included in NHL Central Scouting’s final ranking of North American skaters for the 2018 NHL Draft. Defenceman Alexander Alexeyev is ranked 22nd and forwar...
Apr 16, 2018