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Testimony resumes briefly in Red Deer murder trial
Testimony resumed briefly in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday for the second-degree murder trial of a man accused in a fatal stabbing more than three years ago. Daniel Boyd Sawyer, 34, ...
Jan 07, 2019
Bighorn protest still on; new survey shows support for proposal
Organizers of a protest this afternoon in Drayton Valley say they are going ahead with their event despite the cancelling of a public session for the Bighorn provincial park proposal. Tom Hinderks wit...
Jan 07, 2019
Applications of cannabis retail licences in Ontario now being accepted
TORONTO - Ontario kicked off its application process Monday for the first 25 cannabis retail licences in the province, with the results of a lottery expected later this week. The government said the f...
Jan 07, 2019
Former ATB employee pleads guilty to fraud
A former ATB employee in Sylvan Lake accused of defrauding the financial institution of more than a million dollars pleaded guilty Monday in Red Deer provincial court. Sarah Miles Brouilette, 38, pled...
Jan 07, 2019
Canadian Niki Budalic joins Inter Miami as director of soccer operations
MIAMI - Canadian Niki Budalic has been named director of soccer operations for Inter Miami, an expansion MLS side that hopes to begin play in 2020. Budalic spent the last three years in Orlando as gen...
Jan 07, 2019
Former Republican Rep. Mia Love joining CNN as commentator
SALT LAKE CITY - The first black Republican woman in Congress is joining CNN as a commentator after being unseated by a Democratic challenger in November. Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah tweeted Mon...
Jan 07, 2019
Electric-car sales soaring but Canada still nowhere near goal set in 2009
OTTAWA - A decade-old goal to get at least half a million electric cars on Canada’s roads by the end of 2018 appears to have missed the mark by more than 400,000. The 2009 Electric Vehicle Techn...
Jan 07, 2019
Trump respects 'rule of law' in extradition case, Trudeau's office says
OTTAWA - Donald Trump has affirmed his respect for judicial independence, the Prime Minister’s Office says, less than a month after the U.S. president baldly said he would intervene in Meng Wanz...
Jan 07, 2019
Newfoundland town fears fate of stranded seals swarming its streets
RODDICKTON, N.L. - Seals have been swarming the streets of a northern Newfoundland town, with residents fearing for the animals’ safety but being warned to stay away. Brendon Fitzpatrick of Rodd...
Jan 07, 2019
'RBG,' 'Won't You Be My Neighbour?' get directors guild noms
LOS ANGELES - Popular documentaries about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Fred Rogers have each snagged another key nomination from the Directors Guild of America. The DGA announced its ...
Jan 07, 2019