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All hands on deck for Ponoka snow clearing efforts
Like many communities throughout central Alberta, the Town of Ponoka is continuing with its snow removal efforts over the coming days. Town officials say all available snow and ice control equipment i...
Feb 10, 2018
AP source: Yu Darvish, Cubs reach $126 million, 6-year deal
CHICAGO - The winter-long dance is over. Yu Darvish is joining the Chicago Cubs. Darvish has agreed to a $126 million, six-year contract with Chicago, giving the Cubs one of the deepest rotations in b...
Feb 10, 2018
Boko Haram releases 13 hostages after talks with Nigeria
YOLA, Nigeria - Boko Haram extremists have freed three university lecturers and 10 women who it had kidnapped in separate raids last year, Nigeria’s government said Saturday. The academics were ...
Feb 10, 2018
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark says blocking Trans Mountain is 'illegal'
OTTAWA - British Columbia’s efforts to block the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are illegal and will hurt all of Canada, says the former B.C. premier who originally approved the interprovinci...
Feb 10, 2018
January building permit values nearly triple that of same month last year
Building permits issued to replace a middle school and expand a local hotel have resulted in a significant boost in building permit values in the City of Red Deer to start the new year. City officials...
Feb 10, 2018
Trudeau says his trade message is being heard in the U.S.
LOS ANGELES - The pro-trade message Canada is touting in the United States will resonate with everyday Americans and their political class, even if the words get obscured by the breaking news of the d...
Feb 10, 2018
Colten Boushie's mother delivers emotional message as rallies held across Canada
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - The emotions were raw at demonstrations across Canada on Saturday to protest the acquittal of a white Saskatchewan farmer in the shooting death of a young Indigenous man. The...
Feb 10, 2018
Kim Cattrall calls out Sarah Jessica Parker for 'exploiting' brother's death
NEW YORK - Canadian-raised actress Kim Cattrall has a message for her “Sex and the City” co-star, Sarah Jessica Parker: Spare me your sympathy. In an Instagram post Saturday, Cattrall lash...
Feb 10, 2018
Kane seals Spurs derby win; 4 Aguero goals for leader City
LONDON - With a north London derby victory, Tottenham emerged from one of its most taxing runs in the English Premier League unbeaten and with its top-four pursuit reinvigorated. Only a second-half he...
Feb 10, 2018
ACAC Scoreboard Feb 8 - 10
Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Men's Hockey Friday SAIT 4, RDC 3 (OT) Saturday RDC 3, SAIT 2 (2OT) Women's Basketball Friday RDC 51, SAIT 30 Saturday SAIT 43, RDC 41 Men's Basketball Frid...
Feb 10, 2018