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At The Turn: golf's unlikely Kananaskis Country comeback proceeding apace
The golf-mad old man would descend the stairs as early as 4:30 a.m., anxious to seize every available moment of Alberta’s endless summer daylight. “Boys,” he would say, like a death ...
Jun 29, 2017
Mattie McCullough Elementary breaking barriers with Access for All playscape
Red Deer will soon be home to the largest barrier-free playground in Central Alberta. Slated for completion in the Fall of 2018, construction on the Access for All project will begin August 11 and 12 ...
Jun 29, 2017
Experts look for clues in dead whale's body: 'The smell is unlike anything else'
NORWAY, P.E.I. - Marine mammal experts carved up a 14-metre right whale Thursday on the red sandy shores of P.E.I. in the hopes of finding out what killed the endangered whale and at least five others...
Jun 29, 2017
Canada is not about 'bricks and mortar,' PM tells critics of Canada 150 choices
CHARLOTTETOWN - Justin Trudeau pointed Thursday to an icebreaker’s voyage as a fine example of Canada 150 celebrations, but critics say he’s missed the boat in terms of a lasting, bricks-a...
Jun 29, 2017
News observers hope for change and more context at 'The National' post-Mansbridge
TORONTO - With Peter Mansbridge set to sign off as CBC News chief correspondent and anchor of “The National,” speculation abounds as to what will happen with the public broadcaster’s...
Jun 29, 2017
Travel ban takes effect but less chaos expected
WASHINGTON - A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January ye...
Jun 29, 2017
CARTOON 06-29-2017
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 06-29-2017
Jun 29, 2017
PM Trudeau to meet with Queen Elizabeth and Irish Taoiseach ahead of G20 summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with Queen Elizabeth and his Irish counterpart next week before attending the G20 summit in Germany. Trudeau will hold a private meeting with the Queen...
Jun 29, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, June 29
Six stories in the news for Thursday, June 29 --- PROTEST TEEPEE ERECTED OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT A large teepee erected by indigenous demonstrators to kick off a four-day Canada Day protest was standing in...
Jun 29, 2017
'You are an animal:' Victims' loved ones address murderer Derek Saretzky
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The grandmother of a two-year-old girl killed by triple murderer Derek Saretzky says she can hear screams when she imagines what the child’s final moments must have been like...
Jun 29, 2017