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Bighorn telephone town hall announced for Drayton Valley residents
A date has been announced for the telephone town hall promised by Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips in order to consult on the Bighorn Country proposal. Drayton Valley and area residents...
Jan 10, 2019
Disappearance of Canadian in Africa highlights risk of ignoring travel warnings
MONTREAL - Tarek Loubani says he knew it was risky providing medical care to protesters at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel in May 2018. He travelled to the territory anyway, and he was sh...
Jan 10, 2019
Debunking 5 Of The Weirdest Laws We’ve Ever Heard
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The United States has some really odd laws scattered around the country. In Hawaii, for example, people aren't allowed to put coins in their ears (King Kam...
Jan 10, 2019
Billy Joel to hold 1st concert at Camden Yards this summer
BALTIMORE - Singer Billy Joel will perform at Camden Yards this summer, the first concert to be held at the Orioles’ home ballpark since it opened in 1992. The singer, who turns 70 in May, will ...
Jan 10, 2019
Correction: Trump-TV Ratings story
NEW YORK - In a story Jan. 9 about television ratings for President Donald Trump’s prime-time speech Tuesday, The Associated Press erroneously reported the estimated number of viewers. The Niels...
Jan 10, 2019
Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman breaks elbow in fall on stairs
BOSTON - Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman says she is recovering from a broken elbow suffered in a fall on the stairs. Raisman in a Twitter post says “I survived two Olympic Games and 19 years of gym...
Jan 10, 2019
N.B. cannabis retailer lays off staffers as 'operational needs' become clear
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s cannabis retailer is laying off staff, saying it has a better understanding of “operational needs” three months after the historic legalization of recre...
Jan 10, 2019
Trump: USMCA to pay for wall; 'I never said they would write out a cheque'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump leaned ever closer Thursday towards declaring a national emergency at the southern U.S. border - and repeated his flummoxing claim that America’s new trade pa...
Jan 10, 2019
Pilot project bringing high-speed internet to Clearwater County
A pilot project led by a not-for-profit foundation is providing a fibre optic network that is now up and running in the Rocky area. Several businesses are now accessing the Gateway project done by the...
Jan 10, 2019
Wild Rose School Division seeks County partnership for future projects
The Wild Rose School Division is hoping to partner with Clearwater County Council on future new projects. Superintendent Brad Volkman says the school division's biggest concern is trying to figure out...
Jan 10, 2019