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'Like bombs': Bankrupt company's air bags still out there
Takata’s lethally defective air bags proved to be the company’s undoing Monday. But it could take years to get the dangerous devices off the road in the U.S. and around the world. Crushed ...
Jun 26, 2017
Instant replay rears its ugly head in CFL's opening week of action
TORONTO - It didn’t take long for instant replay to again become a hot-button topic in the CFL. In the league’s opening two regular-season games, questionable calls following review took c...
Jun 26, 2017
Top doc: Theresa Tam appointed to head Public Health Agency of Canada
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott has appointed Dr. Theresa Tam as Canada’s top doctor, the third person to head the Public Health Agency of Canada since its inception in 2004. Tam ...
Jun 26, 2017
Not quite warp speed: Speeding man had alien doll passenger
ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Police say a motorcycle officer who stopped a driver for speeding on a suburban highway north of Atlanta had an ‘extraterrestrial encounter’ - sort of. George Gordon, a s...
Jun 26, 2017
Liberal government waiting for more details on Trump travel ban decision
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is waiting for more details after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday partially reinstated President Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from six mainly Muslim countrie...
Jun 26, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, June 26 --- ONTARIO TO CALL INQUIRY INTO NURSING HOME MURDERS: The case of a nurse who murdered eight seniors in long-term care homes in Ontario will be exami...
Jun 26, 2017
Sylvan Lake Sailing Club Canada Day Charity Race
Sylvan lake has over a million tourists each year and is quite the bustling town, for the Canada 150th the sailing club has decided to put on a special event race to raise funds for The Red Deer Regio...
Jun 26, 2017
Local man convicted of assaulting Mounties in 2015 in Eckville
A Red Deer man has been found guilty of assaulting two Mounties in an incident that took place more than two years ago. Two RCMP officers were called to a disturbance at the Eckville Post office on th...
Jun 26, 2017
Federal food subsidy extended to Churchill following rail line loss
WINNIPEG - The federal government is extending its Nutrition North food subsidy program to Churchill until the Manitoba town’s only land link to the outside world is restored. The subarctic comm...
Jun 26, 2017
President's media strategy creating friction
NEW YORK - White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s briefing with reporters turned testy on Monday, with CNN’s Jim Acosta interrupting President Donald Trump’s chief spokesman to de...
Jun 26, 2017