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UPDATE: Power outages could take until Saturday to be restored
UPDATE – 8 a.m. Thursday, June 22 The City of Red Deer says 400 properties remain without power and a state of local emergency remains in effect. Portions of Vanier Woods, Riverside Drive, Glend...
Jun 21, 2017
Vegas Golden Knights play long game at NHL expansion draft, focus on future
The Vegas Golden Knights played the long game in constructing the base of their first very NHL roster. Knights general manager George McPhee went heavy on defenders and short on high-end help in selec...
Jun 21, 2017
Standard and Poor's cuts Saskatchewan credit rating, cites low commodity prices
REGINA - Weak commodity prices and higher government capital spending have prompted Standard and Poor’s to downgrade Saskatchewan’s credit rating. The agency says it has lowered the rating...
Jun 21, 2017
Canada's Kadeisha Buchanan nominated for ESPY as best female college athlete
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Canadian Kadeisha Buchanan was nominated for best female college athlete at the ESPYs on Wednesday after leading the West Virginia University women’s soccer team to the NCAA ...
Jun 21, 2017
Edmonton's Connor McDavid wins first Hart Trophy as NHL MVP
LAS VEGAS - Connor McDavid won his first Hart Trophy. Hardly anybody in hockey believes it will be his last. The Edmonton captain claimed the award as the NHL’s most valuable player Wednesday ni...
Jun 21, 2017
Childhood home of Jackie O up for sale. Asking price: $49.5M
MCLEAN, Va. - The childhood home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis has been put up for sale by its current owners. Their asking price: $49.5 million. The Washington Post reports Steve and Jean Case listed...
Jun 21, 2017
House Dems pressure WH on Kushner, Flynn security clearances
WASHINGTON - Democrats on a House committee are pressuring the White House to release a wide array of documents about the security clearances granted to former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn ...
Jun 21, 2017
Ex-Sept. 11 worker gets drug case pardon, fights deportation
NEW YORK - A former ground zero worker fighting deportation to Colombia for a 1990 drug conviction received a pardon from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday and will use it to challenge his removal from t...
Jun 21, 2017
Tyson adopting video checks, animal rights groups want more
PLUMERVILLE, Ark. - Tyson Foods on Wednesday unveiled a plan to stop abuses down on the farm, but an animal rights group that routinely distributes videos of disturbing practices of agricultural abuse...
Jun 21, 2017
Congressional Black Caucus turns down Trump invitation
WASHINGTON - The Congressional Black Caucus turned down an invitation to meet with President Donald Trump, telling him Wednesday they believe their concerns are falling on “deaf ears” at t...
Jun 21, 2017