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Man gets 5 years in prison after death of dermatologist
NEW YORK - A man who pleaded guilty to a drug charge after a New York dermatologist died of cocaine and alcohol intoxication in his apartment building was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison. U...
May 11, 2017
The debut for Hughes: Canada rookie tied for lead at Players
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Mackenzie Hughes arrived at the TPC Sawgrass with no scar tissue and played his first round at The Players Championship with no bogeys. Pretty simple, eh? The Canadian rookie...
May 11, 2017
Ottawa, Edmonton series see slight dip in average TV audience over first round
TORONTO - NHL playoff television ratings took a slight dip in the second round in series involving Canadian teams, according to a release from Rogers Sportsnet. The network said in a release Thursday ...
May 11, 2017
Judge blasts Red Deer couple while sentencing them for human trafficking
"You have no one to blame but yourselves, shame on you both." Judge David Plosz gave quite the scolding to a couple sentenced in Red Deer Provincial Court on Thursday for human trafficking violations....
May 11, 2017
Edmonton police charge mom after 11-day-old baby girl dies from methamphetamine
EDMONTON - A 31-year-old Edmonton woman has been charged with second-degree murder after her 11-day-old daughter died from an methamphetamine overdose. Michelle Rice was arrested Thursday and charged ...
May 11, 2017
Thieves steal 15,000 pounds of steel tubing from Red Deer business
Red Deer RCMP say those who stole large amounts heavy steel tubing last weekend couldn’t have done it without a lot of help. A break-in to Alberta Industrial Metals, located at 4821 78 Street, w...
May 11, 2017
Vandalism at Sylvan Lake construction site causes water leak
The Town of Sylvan Lake and local Mounties would like to know who vandalized a major construction project overnight. “Unfortunately, throughout the night someone(s) vandalized major infrastructu...
May 11, 2017
UFC boss Dana White pulls plug on GSP-Bisping fight, saying he won't wait on GSP
TORONTO - UFC president Dana White has pulled the plug on Georges St-Pierre’s comeback fight against middleweight champion Michael Bisping. St-Pierre, who has not fought since November 2013, say...
May 11, 2017
RCMP investigating serious injury of dog thrown into fire in Manitoba community
WINNIPEG - Mounties in northern Manitoba have opened an investigation into the case of a dog badly burned after being thrown into a firepit. Katie Powell, president and founder of Save a Dog Network C...
May 11, 2017
Five holes in the story: All the doubts cast on Trump FBI explanation in one day
WASHINGTON - A few holes have already been blown into the story of why Donald Trump fired the director of the FBI - with some self-inflicted blasts coming from the president himself. Doubt was cast Th...
May 11, 2017