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Ontario community's work to prevent turtles, snakes being killed on roads a model for others
A rural Ontario community’s work to prevent endangered reptiles from being killed on a 3.6-kilometre stretch of road - once considered among the world’s deadliest for turtles - is being he...
May 26, 2017
Olympian, Pan Am champion Karine Thomas retires from synchro swim team
OTTAWA - Two-time Olympian Karine Thomas has retired after a 10-year career with the Canadian synchronized swimming team. Thomas and Jacqueline Simoneau won duet gold at the 2015 Pan American Games in...
May 26, 2017
Alleged Yahoo hacker to appeal ruling that denied him bail in June
A Canadian accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails will be back in court next month to contest a judge’s decision to deny him bail. Ontario Superior Court Justice Alan Whitten said last month ...
May 26, 2017
MRWS conducting a homelessness count
In order to figure out what the homelessness is like in Rocky Mountain House, Clearwater County and the Village of Caroline, the MRWS will be going out and doing an actual count. The Point In Time (Pi...
May 26, 2017
Painting of Tamir Rice shooting withdrawn from art festival
PITTSBURGH - The artist of a painting depicting the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice has withdrawn the piece from a Pittsburgh arts festival after an outcry that the white artist was exploiting black pain...
May 26, 2017
KISS concert in Manchester cancelled after terrorist attacks
MANCHESTER, England - KISS has cancelled its show at the arena where deadly terrorist attacks occurred at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, earlier this week. Live Nation announced Frid...
May 26, 2017
Djokovic and Nadal could meet in French Open semifinals
PARIS - It won’t be easy for Canada’s Milos Raonic if he makes it through the first few rounds of the French Open. The fifth seed from Thornhill, Ont., could potentially meet Grigor Dimitr...
May 26, 2017
Two year extension given to the RABC
The Rural Alberta Business Centre here in Rocky Mountain House has been granted an extension by the Alberta Government. RABC provides direct information and support services to small businesses in rur...
May 26, 2017
Canada loses by six wickets to Malaysia in cricket one-dayer in Uganda
ENTEBBE, Uganda - Canada suffered its first loss in ICC World Cricket League Division 3 play Friday, beaten by six wickets by Malaysia. Canada is one of six teams looking to win one of two promotion s...
May 26, 2017
Newfoundland woman heartbroken after local SPCA puts down three-day-old moose
GANDER, N.L. - A Newfoundland woman who bottle-fed a baby moose after it got lost in the woods without its mother says she’s heartbroken after the local SPCA put the animal down. Brandi Calder s...
May 26, 2017