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Sylvan Lake's Steenbergen drafted by NHL's Coyotes
The Sylvan Lake sniper is ready to take his show on the road to the desert. Tyler Steenbergen was selected on Saturday in the 4th round of the NHL Draft in Chicago, 128th overall. The former Red Deer ...
Jun 24, 2017
Scott Tupper leads Canada past China 7-3 at field hockey world league semi
LONDON - Captain Scott Tupper had a hat trick and Canada scored three goals in four minutes to start the second half and never looked back in a 7-3 win over China on Saturday at the 2017 field hockey ...
Jun 24, 2017
Kale Howarth finally hears name called at draft by Bluejackets
Surely it isn’t easy not hearing your name called for your first two years of NHL Draft eligibility. But for Red Deer native Kale Howarth, the third time is indeed the charm. Howarth, a former R...
Jun 24, 2017
Professor to student mom: Just bring your baby to class
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A professor in Tennessee has a solution for a student who missed class after she couldn’t find someone to babysit her 3-year-old girl: Just bring the child to class. The Knoxv...
Jun 24, 2017
CIA chief: Intel leaks on the rise, cites leaker 'worship'
WASHINGTON - CIA Director Mike Pompeo says he thinks disclosure of America’s secret intelligence is on the rise, fueled partly by the “worship” of leakers like Edward Snowden. “...
Jun 24, 2017
Crash near Bentley claims one
A two vehicle crash Friday night near Bentley claimed the life of a woman from Edmonton. The crash happened at the intersection of highways 20 and 12 at about 5:45 p.m. when investigators say a southb...
Jun 24, 2017
Ohio agency finds evidence of racial complaints at UPS hub
MAUMEE, Ohio - The Ohio Civil Rights Commission says it has found evidence to support 25 complaints that UPS Inc. engaged in illegal discriminatory practices at an Ohio distribution centre. The Blade ...
Jun 24, 2017
Defenceman Travis Hamonic traded to Flames from Islanders at NHL draft for picks
CHICAGO - Within the span of two phone calls, the personal and professional lives of Travis Hamonic changed irrevocably. The first came from New York Islanders executive Garth Snow, the only general m...
Jun 24, 2017
Town settles with families of men in wrong burial plots
TIVERTON, R.I. - A Rhode Island town has reached a settlement with the families of two men who were buried in the wrong cemetery plots. A lawyer for one of the two families tells WPRI-TV (http://bit.l...
Jun 24, 2017
UAE: Arab states don't seek 'regime change' in Qatar
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A top United Arab Emirates official said Saturday the Arab countries isolating Qatar do not seek to force out the country’s leadership over allegations it supports ...
Jun 24, 2017