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Calkins joins Conservative statement on rural crime
Red Deer - Lacombe MP Blaine Calkins was one of three Conservative Members of Parliament to issue a joint statement in the House of Commons last week regarding rural crime in Canada. The statement rea...
Apr 2, 2018
Digital story telling event coming to Red Deer County
Red Deer County, Cows and Fish, Clearwater County, and the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance are co-hosting a storytelling event in Red Deer County on Monday, April 16 at the Crossroads Church buildin...
Apr 2, 2018
Asian stocks fall on US-China trade tensions, yen rises
BEIJING - Asian stocks fell for a second day Tuesday amid jitters about U.S.-Chinese trade tensions and mounting public scrutiny of technology companies. Markets in China, Japan, Australia and South K...
Apr 2, 2018
Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand fined US$5,000 for cross-checking
NEW YORK - Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand has been fined US$5,000 for cross-checking Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Andrew MacDonald in the face, the NHL’s department of player safety annou...
Apr 2, 2018
Wolfpack move top of Betfred Championship table with win over Toulouse
TOULOUSE, France - Nick Rawsthorne scored a pair of tries as the Toronto Wolfpack held on to beat Toulouse Olympique XII 24-13 on Monday in a clash of the top two teams in rugby league’s second-...
Apr 2, 2018
Torstar hiring 20 reporters as it rebrands Metros and bolsters digital news
CALGARY - Torstar Corp. is more than doubling the pool of reporters at its western Canadian Metro free daily newspapers, an unusual move in a shrinking industry that puts it in direct digital competit...
Apr 2, 2018
Trump lawyers launch appeal in 'Apprentice' contestant suit
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York state appeals court to throw out or freeze a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who has a...
Apr 2, 2018
Up to 30 people possibly exposed to a used needle at Toronto health fair
TORONTO - Up to 30 people may have been exposed to a used needle during blood sugar tests conducted at a community event in Toronto last month, the city’s public health authority said Monday as ...
Apr 2, 2018
B.C. zoo quarantines bunnies to protect them from deadly virus
VANCOUVER - A disease that’s killed hundreds of feral rabbits in British Columbia has prompted a Metro Vancouver zoo to take precautions to protect its bunnies and those of the public. Menita Pr...
Apr 2, 2018
S Africa to give state burial to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist in her own right whose reputation was sullied by scandal, has died. She was 81. Madikizela-Mandela w...
Apr 2, 2018