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NDP Government makes Red Deer hospital expansion an election promise
The NDP Government is promising expansion at Red Deer Regional Hospital should they be re-elected this spring. Premier Rachel Notley said Wednesday that if her government wins another term in office t...
Feb 14, 2019
Guns, cocaine and ammunition seized in Ermineskin and Samson First Nations
A trio of search warrants on the Ermineskin and Samson First Nations this week has resulted in the seizure of multiple firearms, drugs and ammunition. Maskwacis Community Response Unit (CRU), Police D...
Feb 14, 2019
Spielberg, Gaga, sign get-well card for Ruth Bader Ginsburg
LOS ANGELES - Steven Spielberg, Lady Gaga, Spike Lee and Glenn Close have a message for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Get well soon. They and three dozen Hollywood A-listers, from Bradley...
Feb 14, 2019
Avenatti says he has new video evidence against R. Kelly
CHICAGO - Attorney Michael Avenatti said Thursday he has given Chicago prosecutors new video evidence of R&B star R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl. Avenatti said the video isn’t the...
Feb 14, 2019
Boren's attorney describes university probe as 'persecution'
OKLAHOMA CITY - An attorney for former University of Oklahoma President David Boren said Thursday Boren denies any inappropriate behaviour during his more than 20 years at OU and described a universit...
Feb 14, 2019
Canadian Mike Weir surges into contention at Web.com Tour event
LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. - Canada’s Mike Weir was tied for fifth Thursday as the opening round of the Web.com Tour’s LECOM Suncoast Classic was suspended due to darkness. The 48-year-old from ...
Feb 14, 2019
Quebec declines talks with feds, provinces, territories on coerced sterilization
OTTAWA - Quebec won’t be part of a working group the federal government wants to examine claims that Indigenous women have been sterilized against their will. A spokesperson for Quebec’s h...
Feb 14, 2019
A brief, incomplete history of strange Canadian industrial thefts
Police are baffled after Newfoundland thieves made off with about 30,000 litres of unbottled iceberg water worth as much as $12,000. The unusual bounty, which was to be used to make vodka, was being s...
Feb 14, 2019
Canadian Special Olympics athlete excited to play at NBA all-star weekend
TORONTO - Micheal Wright plans to bring some NBA-style finesse to the Special Olympics World Summer Games this spring. Wright is the only Canadian out of 12 Special Olympics athletes competing in a Un...
Feb 14, 2019
Jays GM not ready to put firm timetable on Vlad Guerrero Jr.'s MLB debut
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Ross Atkins doesn’t want to put a timetable on the eventual major league debut of baseball’s top prospect. The Blue Jays general manager said he’s looking at Vladimir...
Feb 14, 2019