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Consortium aims to have Champlain Bridge built by December amid reports of delay
MONTREAL - The consortium building the new Champlain Bridge in Montreal says it is aiming to have the structure ready as planned by the end of 2018. The reassurances came Thursday as a published repor...
Feb 22, 2018
Fire marshal releases cause of fatal Pubnico Head fire that killed four children
HALIFAX - A fast-moving fire that claimed the lives of four children in rural Nova Scotia last month was ignited by heat coming from a wood stove, the province’s fire marshal confirmed Thursday ...
Feb 22, 2018
More trouble for Trudeau India trip over invitation error, claims of Modi snub
OTTAWA - The stunning oversight that allowed a man convicted of attempted murder to be invited to a party in New Delhi with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rocking Canada’s ties with India just...
Feb 22, 2018
First Nations group gets share of clam fishery, breaks Clearwater monopoly
OTTAWA - A company made up of First Nations members from Quebec and Atlantic Canada - and led by the brother of a Liberal MP - has ended a decades-long monopoly on a multimillion-dollar clam fishery d...
Feb 22, 2018
Vipers, Colts to tangle in Heritage League playoffs
The Red Deer Vipers will meet the Mountainview Colts for the second straight year in the HJHL playoffs. A season ago, Red Deer defeated Mountainview in seven games to advance to the Heritage League fi...
Feb 22, 2018
Stony Plain beats Innisfail in OT for 2-0 playoff series lead
Burke Gallimore scored in overtime to give the Stony Plain Eagles a 3-2 win over the Innisfail Eagles Wednesday night in Senior AAA provincial playoffs action Wednesday night. Stony Plain leads the be...
Feb 22, 2018
Saudi Arabia announces it will build its first opera house
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia says construction will soon begin on the first opera house in the kingdom, where concerts have been banned for two decades, along with music in restaurants a...
Feb 22, 2018
Malaysian rapper held for allegedly insulting Islam in video
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian police said a popular ethnic Chinese rapper was detained Thursday over complaints that his latest music video featuring dancers wearing dog masks and performing R...
Feb 22, 2018
Bantam AAA Rebels fall in opening round of playoffs
The season has come to an end for the Red Deer Bantam AAA Rebels. Red Deer fell 4-1 on the road Wednesday night to the Lethbridge Golden Hawks. Lethbridge swept the best-of-three division quarterfinal...
Feb 22, 2018
Open call for Ross Street Patio musicians
The City of Red Deer is holding an open call for musicians to take the stage on the Ross Street Patio this summer. "Looking ahead in anticipation of warmer weather, we are excited to start planning fo...
Feb 22, 2018