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Prime time Olympics coverage drops 7 per cent from Sochi
NEW YORK - NBC finished the Pyeongchang Olympics by averaging just under 20 million viewers with its prime time coverage on the network, NBCSN cable and live streaming. That represented a 7 per cent d...
Feb 27, 2018
Rebels add top draft pick Rowland to roster
The Red Deer Rebels have added their top draft pick from last year to their roster. Forward Ethan Rowland joined the team Tuesday after his Calgary Northstars were knocked out of the Alberta Midget Ho...
Feb 27, 2018
Province rubber stamps Penhold, Bowden annexations from Red Deer County
The province has signed off on a pair of land annexations from Red Deer County for the town of Bowden and Penhold. Bowden is annexing a 200 acre area to the southwest of town that is expected to be hi...
Feb 27, 2018
Mobster linked to art heist released in gun case
HARTFORD, Conn. - A mobster who authorities believe is the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in history has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison in an unrelated weapons cas...
Feb 27, 2018
Judge sides with Trump on challenge to Mexico border wall
SAN DIEGO - A judge who was taunted by Donald Trump during the presidential campaign sided with the president Tuesday on a challenge to building a border wall with Mexico, removing what could have bee...
Feb 27, 2018
Halifax hospital donnybrook: Appeal court reduces cardiologist's damages
HALIFAX - A court has dramatically reduced a cardiology researcher’s record-setting, $1.4 million judgment for damages from a workplace battle at a Halifax hospital. In a decision released Tuesd...
Feb 27, 2018
Budget speech from Finance Minister Bill Morneau
OTTAWA - Text of the budget speech delivered Tuesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau: Mr. Speaker, last week I spent some time with a couple of grade five and six classes from Rose Avenue Junior Publ...
Feb 27, 2018
Liberal budget explores new avenues for media funding in digital age
OTTAWA - Communities bereft of local media could see the return of homegrown news, thanks to an injection of funds in Tuesday’s federal budget. The Liberal government is proposing $50 million ov...
Feb 27, 2018
Five things aimed at increasing gender equality in the 2018 budget
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau said gender equality would be an overarching theme of the 2018 federal budget, particularly when it comes to boosting the participation of women in the workplace...
Feb 27, 2018
With billions in new fiscal room, feds chose investments over return to balance
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government tabled a budget Tuesday that will use billions of dollars worth of fresh fiscal runway for new investments, a decision that leaves Ottawa with no timetable for balanced...
Feb 27, 2018