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Smoke, crackling sound coming from incinerator in 2012, Smich's ex tells Babcock trial
TORONTO - The ex-girlfriend of one of two men accused of murdering a young Toronto woman and burning her remains in a massive animal incinerator saw the large machine in operation the year the alleged...
Nov 17, 2017
Temporary road closure on 77 Street
A heads-up for Red Deer drivers next week. City officials say a temporary road closure will be in place on a portion of 77 Street near Riverside Drive while water service is installed for a property i...
Nov 17, 2017
Film crews at Red Deer City Hall Park again Sunday
For the second time this month, Red Deer's City Hall Park will be taken over by film crews again this Sunday. City officials say this means the Canadian flag may be lowered and temporarily replaced th...
Nov 17, 2017
MacIntyre named to UCP Task Force on Rural Crime
An MLA from central Alberta has been named to a newly created United Conservative Party Task Force on Rural Crime. Innisfail - Sylvan Lake MLA Don MacIntyre will sit on the task force with MLA's Angel...
Nov 17, 2017
Tesla wants to electrify big trucks, adding to its ambitions
DETROIT - After more than a decade of making cars and SUVs - and, more recently, solar panels - Tesla Inc. wants to electrify a new type of vehicle: big trucks. The company unveiled its new electric s...
Nov 17, 2017
Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore escapes longer ban for role in tunnel melee
TORONTO - Twelve days and two review panels after striker Jozy Altidore’s red card for violent conduct, Toronto FC is back where it started from. Which is without the burly U.S. international fo...
Nov 17, 2017
Toronto man gets 5 years in prison for claiming nearly $1M in tax refunds
TORONTO - A Toronto man has been sentenced to five years in prison for claiming nearly $1 million in Goods and Services Tax and Harmonized Sales Tax refunds to which he wasn’t entitled. The Cana...
Nov 17, 2017
TransCanada says spill clean up underway in South Dakota as pipeline vote looms
CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. said Friday that work is well underway to clean up a sizable oil leak at its Keystone pipeline in South Dakota that occurred days before a vote on the fate of the company&#...
Nov 17, 2017
Councilor Westerlund elected as Vice President of AAMDC
A Brazeau County Council member has been elected the new Vice President of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts & Counties (AAMDC) at it’s fall convention in Edmonton. Councilor Ka...
Nov 17, 2017
Psychiatrist says terror suspect Mohamed Harkat poses low risk of violence
OTTAWA - A psychiatrist who has treated terror suspect Mohamed Harkat for the last eight years says the refugee from Algeria is unlikely to commit violent acts. Dr. Colin Cameron told a Federal Court ...
Nov 17, 2017