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ASIRT continues to investigate fatal Calgary Police shooting
CALGARY- Alberta’s police watchdog says a folding knife with its blade exposed has been recovered from the scene of a police-involved shooting in Calgary this week that left a man dead. The Albe...
Apr 13, 2018
German Jewish leader slams rap song for Auschwitz reference
BERLIN - A German Jewish leader is criticizing a music awards show for giving a prize to two rappers whose reference to the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp in a song she says harms efforts to fight ...
Apr 13, 2018
Mentally handicapped man sentenced to six years for fatal stabbing
LETHBRIDGE - A 41-year-old mentally handicapped Alberta man with an IQ of 45 has been given six years in prison for fatally stabbing his sister’s boyfriend during a drunken fight. Stacey Charles...
Apr 13, 2018
Britney Spears welcomes new niece, congratulates sister
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears has a new niece. The singer on Thursday tweeted congratulations to her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, for the birth of her second daughter, Ivey Joan Watson. “I could no...
Apr 13, 2018
New three-year funding announced for child care investments
EDMONTON - The federal and provincial government have announced a three-year bilateral agreement for early learning and child care investments. The agreement allocates $136 million for Alberta over th...
Apr 13, 2018
Bayern Munich hires Niko Kovac from Frankfurt as coach
MUNICH - Niko Kovac is returning to Bayern Munich as coach next season after impressing at Eintracht Frankfurt. The 46-year-old Kovac, who played for Bayern from 2001-03, agreed to a three-year contra...
Apr 13, 2018
March home sales volume plunges 22.7%, national average price down 10.4%: CREA
TORONTO - The most-affordable segments of Canada’s housing market are seeing the biggest price hikes as recent changes to mortgage regulations fuel demand for lower-priced homes such as condomin...
Apr 13, 2018
March building permits exceed last year’s values
RED DEER- All sectors but commercial exceeded building permit values in March compared to the same month in 2017. Total permits were valued at $13.9 million, compared to $8 million in March of last ye...
Apr 13, 2018
Lane closures on 22 Street and Austin Drive start Monday
RED DEER- Lane closures on 22 Street and Austin Drive will start Monday, April 16 and are expected to last for three weeks. Environmental Services crews will begin work to install an underground sewer...
Apr 13, 2018
Syrians gather in capital in defiance after airstrikes
DAMASCUS, Syria - Hundreds of Syrians gathered at landmark squares in the Syrian capital Saturday, honking their car horns, flashing victory signs and waving Syrian flags in scenes of defiance that fo...
Apr 13, 2018