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Source: MLS champion Toronto FC set to unveil Spanish midfielder Ager Aketxe
Toronto FC has strengthened its midfield with the acquisition of Spaniard Ager Aketxe. The MLS champions have scheduled a news conference for Friday to announce a player signing. A source confirmed it...
Feb 22, 2018
Melvin Ejim with game-high 28 points, Canada beats U.S. Virgin Islands
NASSAU, Bahamas - Forward Melvin Ejim had a game-high 28 points and eight rebounds as Canada beat the U.S. Virgin Islands 118-89 on Thursday in first-round play at the FIBA Americas World Cup qualifie...
Feb 22, 2018
Kenney talks scrapping carbon tax, expanding hospital during Red Deer visit
Alberta's carbon tax, pipelines, hospital expansion and rural crime were just some of the topics UCP Leader Jason Kenney touched on during a stop in Red Deer on Thursday. Speaking with rdnewsNOW, Kenn...
Feb 22, 2018
Red Deer Public Schools questions effectiveness of province's Classroom Improvement Fund
School divisions and students across the province are seeing positive impacts from money agreed upon in a deal reached last year between the Government of Alberta and Alberta Teachers’ Associati...
Feb 22, 2018
UNICEF official resigns after allegations made
LONDON - A senior official at the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said Thursday he resigned after allegations of inappropriate behaviour during an earlier stint at Save The Children because of ...
Feb 22, 2018
Airbnb unveils new category of rentals rated by inspectors
SAN FRANCISCO - Airbnb is dispatching inspectors to rate thousands of the properties listed on its home-rental service in an effort to reassure travellers they’re booking nice places to stay. Th...
Feb 22, 2018
US Tennis Association deemed mostly liable for player's fall
NEW YORK - The United States Tennis Association on Thursday was found mostly liable for when Canadian player Eugenie Bouchard slipped on a wet locker room floor at the 2015 U.S. Open and hit her head,...
Feb 22, 2018
Green carts now rolling out to all Red Deer homes
More than 26,000 green carts have begun to roll out to homes across Red Deer. That process will continue until the end of March. “Green Carts are being delivered to all homes that currently rece...
Feb 22, 2018
Law enforcement raids Hawaii hotel site to remove protesters
HONOLULU - State sheriffs on Thursday removed protesters from the ruins of a Hawaii hotel where they have been squatting since last year in an attempt to block redevelopment of land where Hawaiian chi...
Feb 22, 2018
Tina Fontaine's death and Raymond Cormier's trial: What the jury heard
WINNIPEG - Jurors sat through three weeks of evidence in the trial of Raymond Cormier, 56, who on Thursday was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the slaying of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine. Tin...
Feb 22, 2018