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Kevin Glenn, Alex Singleton and Shaquille Richardson earn CFL honours
TORONTO - Quarterback Kevin Glenn of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders defensive players Alex Singleton and Shaquille Richardson were named the CFL’s players of the week Wednes...
Sep 06, 2017
Oilsands crude pellets touted as cure for industry's bitumen transport ills
CALGARY - A new technology that transforms heavy crude oil into pill-sized pellets could cure the oilsands industry’s transportation headaches, according to University of Calgary professor Ian G...
Sep 06, 2017
'Sustained' rain needed to end devastating B.C. wildfire season: officials
INVERMERE, B.C. - Hundreds of homes have burned and nearly half a billion dollars has been spent, but officials say there’s no end in sight for British Columbia’s devastating wildfire seas...
Sep 06, 2017
Germany opens memorial to Israelis killed at 1972 Olympics
BERLIN - The presidents of Germany and Israel on Wednesday inaugurated a memorial to 11 Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer killed 45 years ago during an attack by a Palestin...
Sep 06, 2017
Timeline of key dates in Liberal Sudbury byelection scandal
SUDBURY, Ont. - A trial is set to begin Thursday for two Ontario Liberals on Election Act bribery charges. Pat Sorbara, a former Ontario Liberal Party CEO, and Gerry Lougheed, a Sudbury Liberal fundra...
Sep 06, 2017
Red Deer RCMP seize West Park home and $14,000 in civil forfeiture
RED DEER – RCMP have been granted their application to seize a house worth $300,000 and about $14,000 cash as proceeds of crime, coming out of a 2015 Priority Crimes Task Force search warrant. P...
Sep 06, 2017
Rogers Hometown Hockey coming to Lacombe
Rogers Hometown Hockey will be making a tour stop in Lacombe. Co-hosted by Red Deer's own Ron MacLean, the travelling hockey show visits communities across Canada and showcases their unique stories du...
Sep 06, 2017
Nurses raise spectre of disruptions over N.S. bill: 'They'd have to close units'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s nurses union is raising the spectre of hospital units being shut because of discontent over the province’s decision to impose a labour bill on 75,000 public sector ...
Sep 06, 2017
First Nation leaders to press Desjardins to stop funding oilsands pipelines
CALGARY - First Nation leaders opposed to the oilsands say they are meeting with senior executives at Desjardins Group Thursday to try and convince the credit union to make its moratorium on new pipel...
Sep 06, 2017
Trial for two Liberals on Election Act bribery charges to start in Sudbury
Two Ontario Liberals go on trial Thursday on Election Act bribery charges stemming from a 2015 byelection in Sudbury, but the stakes are also high for Premier Kathleen Wynne herself. The Sudbury trial...
Sep 06, 2017