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Rebels acquire draft pick from Kootenay for Hausinger
The Red Deer Rebels made a trade on Thursday, sending forward Cameron Hausinger to the Kootenay Ice in exchange for a fourth round pick in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft. Hausinger, 18, came to the Rebels ...
Jun 30, 2017
Drayton Valley housing market seeing improvement
Drayton Valley's housing market continues to make a slow and steady recovery, with the average price of a home growing slightly over the past six months. 49 units have been sold in Drayton Valley duri...
Jun 30, 2017
B.C.'s premier-designate talks with Trudeau, plans Ottawa summer visit
VICTORIA - British Columbia premier-designate John Horgan said he spoke with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday about the softwood trade dispute with the United States and he is planning meetings...
Jun 30, 2017
City of Red Deer reminds residents of river safety
The weather for Canada Day weekend is gearing up to be pretty good weather-wise, so the City of Red Deer wants to reiterate that river-floaters need to take precautions when out on the Red Deer River....
Jun 30, 2017
Maine airport's new flight service to Halifax postponed by computer glitch
PORTLAND, Maine - A Maine airport’s first international flight in three years has been postponed due to a computer glitch. Portland International Jetport was set to launch an Elite Airways fligh...
Jun 30, 2017
Martha Kostuch Scholarship Deadline Fast Approaching
The deadline of August 1, 2017 is fast approaching for high school graduates in central Alberta to apply for the $2500 Martha Kostuch Scholarship. Applicants can submit their application electronicall...
Jun 30, 2017
Indians hit stores in shopping frenzy ahead of new sales tax
NEW DELHI - At a crowded New Delhi market plastered with posters announcing massive sales, shoppers were vacuuming up household gadgets and high-end electronics in the last days before India’s n...
Jun 30, 2017
Officials go through final preparations for Canada Day event in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Jessica Mellor was doing her best Friday to catch her son, Lincoln, running - as toddlers often do - towards a security gate around the main Canada Day stage on Parliament Hill. It was a tran...
Jun 30, 2017
Cheese, please: Japan, EU said near agreement on trade pact
TOKYO - Japan and the European Union were rushing Friday to finalize an agreement on easing barriers between their huge economies, hoping to have the gist of a deal before the Group of 20 industrial n...
Jun 30, 2017
Decades after devastating fire, Iowa warily allows fireworks
ADEL, Iowa - On a scorching day 86 years ago, a dropped sparkler ignited an inferno that roared through much of the small city of Spencer, Iowa, and led to a statewide fireworks ban that endured for g...
Jun 30, 2017