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Truck thief caught napping in snowbank near Innisfail
A truck thief was caught asleep at the wheel, literally, by police earlier this week. Innisfail RCMP received a call Monday about a suspicious male in a truck that was stuck in the snow at a rural loc...
Jan 31, 2018
Canada U-17 women to face the U.S., Costa Rica, Bermuda at CONCACAF tournament
MIAMI - Canada has been drawn in a group with three-time defending champion U.S., Costa Rica and Bermuda at the 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship. The regional championship, which runs...
Jan 31, 2018
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Jan. 31 --- WATCHDOG ALLEGES 16-YEAR BREAD SCAM: The federal Competition Bureau alleges that at least $1.50 has been artificially baked into the price of a...
Jan 31, 2018
Phone scammers using STARS Lottery to target Innisfail residents
Innisfail RCMP are advising residents of a reoccurring phone scam targeting local residents that has come to their attention. In this scam, police say suspects contact potential victims by phone, clai...
Jan 31, 2018
Women sue B.C. grocery store over intimate photos allegedly taken in washroom
VICTORIA - Two former employees are suing a grocery store on Vancouver Island, alleging another worker surreptitiously took intimate photos of them and posted them online without consent. Jennifer Bur...
Jan 31, 2018
Residential snow plowing starts Monday
The City of Red Deer says residential snow plowing will get underway next week. In a release, The City says Snow Zone plowing on Green Routes will start in Snow Zone F on Monday, February 5 and will c...
Jan 31, 2018
Trudeau holds town hall meeting in Winnipeg, faces questions about immigration
WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced questions on immigration, pipelines and Indigenous issues - and dealt with a few disruptions - during a town hall meeting with some 1,800 people at the U...
Jan 31, 2018
'Grind yourself, go kill him': Telus sorry for badly translated French tweets
MONTREAL - “Take a deep breath, grind yourself. Go kill him.” That was one of the tweets the president of Telus Quebec had to apologize for on Wednesday, a day after one of the companyR...
Jan 31, 2018
UPDATE: Seven arrested after drugs, homemade bomb seized in Riverside Meadows
Red Deer RCMP say cocaine, methamphetamine and paraphernalia consistent with drug trafficking was seized in two search warrants at a Riverside Meadows apartment building yesterday. The searches were t...
Jan 31, 2018
Rose McGowan to Harvey Weinstein: There was no consent
NEW YORK - Rose McGowan says it’s time for Harvey Weinstein to drop his story about a “consensual” relationship. “He can fall off the planet,” the activist said during an...
Jan 31, 2018