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The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, May 12 --- PM IS RIDICULED FOR URGING HOCKEY FANS TO SUPPORT SENS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s call for Canadian hockey fans to cheer for the Ottawa...
May 12, 2017
Runway extension opens new skies for Red Deer Airport
The newly-extended runway at Red Deer Airport is now officially open. Dignitaries and supporters gathered for the ribbon cutting at the airport Friday morning. The province announced in October 2015 i...
May 12, 2017
5 immigrant women vie for Miss USA pageant title
LAS VEGAS - Five of the contestants vying for the Miss USA title have a message to immigrant girls and women watching the pageant this weekend: Set goals, work hard and don’t stay in the shadows...
May 12, 2017
Oilers clean out lockers, reflect on how success changes everything in 2017-18
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers cleaned out their lockers Friday after a spectacular turnaround season, knowing that their newfound success changes everything. “Coming in next year, it has to be ...
May 12, 2017
Liberal bill will bar oil tanker traffic from northern B.C. coast
OTTAWA - New legislation introduced by the federal government will bar most oil tankers from operating along the coast of northern British Columbia. It will ban tankers carrying crude oil and so-calle...
May 12, 2017
Regina sentencing hearing told youth said he wanted to be serial killer
REGINA - A youth who stabbed his former girlfriend to death with a hunting knife told a friend months earlier that he wanted to become a serial killer and do away with his ex. Hannah Leflar was stabbe...
May 12, 2017
Impaired driving, trade and flooding: how federal politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - Parliament Hill seemed downright cosy this week as the surrounding areas shivered through days of wet basements and home-destroying floods. The Conservatives devoted much of their week to chi...
May 12, 2017
Dozens of countries hit by huge cyberextortion attack
NEW YORK - Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government a...
May 12, 2017
Father of woman charged with murdering her baby says allegation isn't true
EDMONTON - The father of a woman charged with murder in the death of her 11-day-old daughter from a methamphetamine overdose says he doesn’t believe she could commit such an awful crime. Edmonto...
May 12, 2017
New UN food chief and Trump supporter lobbies Congress not to cut aid dollars
OTTAWA - The new head of the United Nations World Food Program - and a Donald Trump supporter - says he is confident the U.S. president’s plans for massive foreign aid cuts will never come to pa...
May 12, 2017