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TransUnion: Average mortgage balance in Canada rises five per cent
TORONTO - TransUnion Canada says the average amount owing on mortgages was up nearly five per cent in the second quarter, even though a change in Ontario regulations last spring appears to have reduce...
Aug 22, 2017
Deadly shooting ends friendships forged in neo-Nazi group
TAMPA, Fla. - The friendship of the four young roommates - though cemented in the dark trappings of an obscure neo-Nazi group called Atomwaffen Division - never seemed destined for bloodshed. One was ...
Aug 22, 2017
Anti-migrant banners pop up, taken down in Montreal, including at Olympic Stadium
MONTREAL - More anti-migrant banners have popped up in Quebec, this time in Montreal where many asylum seekers are being temporarily housed. The banners were posted at various sites either late Sunday...
Aug 22, 2017
Inside the Chimbu Tribe’s Skeletal Body Paint Ritual
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Shatter Your Senses: Sing Sing Skeletons Ripley books are no stranger to unbelievable body painting, like that of Italian artist Johannes Sttter, but the c...
Aug 22, 2017
Hall of Fame baseball announcer Rafael 'Felo' Ramirez dies
MIAMI - Rafael “Felo” Ramirez, a Hall of Fame baseball radio broadcaster who was the signature voice for millions of Spanish-speaking sports fans over three decades, has died. He was 94. T...
Aug 22, 2017
Former Catalina coach joins SFU swim team staff
The former head coach of the Red Deer Catalina Swim Club is joining the university sports ranks. Mandi Smith has joined the Simon Fraser University Clan as the new assistant coach with their swimming ...
Aug 22, 2017
Calgary selects Baumgardt in first round of CWHL Draft
A hockey star from Innisfail will be close to home when she starts her pro career. Defenceman Taryn Baumgardt was selected fifth overall by the Calgary Inferno during Sunday's 2017 Canadian Women's Ho...
Aug 22, 2017
Titans Rugby Club players win gold at nationals
Some members of the Red Deer Titans Rugby Club just celebrated a golden weekend. A total of 14 Titans players represented Alberta at the Canadian Rugby Championships in Calgary, 11 of them came away w...
Aug 22, 2017
Court Briefs, August 22
A Red Deer man has been banned from driving for one year for leading police on a chase through Red Deer in a stolen truck. The chase on April 17 of this year saw Mounties use two spike belts in their ...
Aug 22, 2017
Mnuchin's wife touts fashion labels, slams critic
WASHINGTON - Louise Linton, the wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, blasted as “adorably out of touch” a person who criticized her Instagram post in which Linton depicted her design...
Aug 22, 2017