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1 winning ticket sold for $758.7M Powerball jackpot
BOSTON - A single winning ticket has been sold for the massive Powerball $758.7 million jackpot in Wednesday night’s drawing. The winning ticket was sold in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Here are som...
Aug 23, 2017
Judy Foote to quit cabinet, federal politics, necessitating small shuffle
OTTAWA - Judy Foote is expected to announce her resignation from the federal cabinet on Thursday. The Newfoundland and Labrador MP has been on an indefinite leave of absence from the massive Public Wo...
Aug 23, 2017
Montero haunts former team once again as 10-man Whitecaps draw Sounders 1-1
VANCOUVER - Fredy Montero continues to haunt his former club. The Vancouver striker scored against Seattle for the third time in two games this season as the 10-man Whitecaps salvaged a 1-1 draw with ...
Aug 23, 2017
Spirit of Invictus Games comes to Red Deer on official flag stop
The Red Deer Legion was host to a special visit on Wednesday afternoon. Part of a cross-Canada tour which is visiting 15 Legion branches along the way, the official flag of the Invictus Games was hand...
Aug 23, 2017
Canada's fisheries department monitoring U.S. fish spill
OTTAWA - Canada’s Fisheries Minister says officials are closely monitoring a spill of Atlantic salmon from an aquaculture facility off the coast of Washington state. Dominic LeBlanc says in a st...
Aug 23, 2017
Rebels open training camp
The Red Deer Rebels kicked off their 2017 Training Camp on Wednesday. Here’s what GM/Head Coach Brent Sutter had to day after opening day…
Aug 23, 2017
Self-described 'mountain man' in 1984 killing is released
MISSOULA, Mont. - Self-described “mountain man” Don Nichols was released on parole Wednesday after serving 32 years for kidnapping a world-class athlete out on a training run in 1984 and k...
Aug 23, 2017
Canada's Milos Raonic withdraws from US Open due to wrist injury
Canada’s Milos Raonic announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday night that he has withdrawn from the US Open tennis tournament with a left wrist injury. Raonic, who grew up in Thornhill, Ont.,...
Aug 23, 2017
Pillar hits Toronto's 6th HR, Blue Jays beat Rays 7-6
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Even in a down year, the Toronto Blue Jays are as capable of going deep as any team in baseball. They showed that off Wednesday night. Kevin Pillar hit Toronto’s sixth hom...
Aug 23, 2017
Hill loses no-hit try on HR in 10th, Pirates top Dodgers 1-0
PITTSBURGH - Rich Hill’s first 98 pitches left the Pittsburgh Pirates confounded, occasionally fuming and absolutely hitless. His 99th turned a potentially historic night by the Los Angeles Dodg...
Aug 23, 2017