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Shot fired during break and enter at Burnt Lake gas station
Local Mounties are on the hunt for a pair of suspects wanted in an early morning break and enter where a firearm was discharged. It was at about 3 a.m. Thursday when Blackfalds and Red Deer Mounties r...
Jan 03, 2019
Toronto FC coach says Argentine forward Lucas Janson may not be back
TORONTO - Argentine forward Lucas Janson, who joined Toronto FC last August on loan, may not be back this season. “I would say as of today he’s not coming back,” Toronto coach Greg V...
Jan 03, 2019
Man injured in single-vehicle crash
A 40-year-old man was flown to hospital in Edmonton following an off highway single vehicle collision. The collision occurred at around 4 p.m. 52 miles southwest of Caroline. Crews from the Caroline F...
Jan 03, 2019
Health Foundation raises 80,000 dollars for heart monitors
The Rocky Mountain House Health Foundation recently set a goal to raise $75,000 for new equipment. They ended up raising $80,000. The money will go to purchasing three fetal heart monitors which will ...
Jan 03, 2019
Heartbreaking loss a learning experience for Canadian junior hockey team
VANCOUVER - A devastating quarterfinal loss at the world junior hockey championship must act as motivation for the members of Team Canada, says the squad’s captain. “We’ve got to mov...
Jan 03, 2019
Restaurant removes sign over concerns it's offensive
KEENE, N.H. - A New Hampshire restaurant that’s preparing to open has removed a sign advertising its name over concerns that it sounded like profanity. The name of the Vietnamese restaurant in a...
Jan 03, 2019
Side of the moon you can't see 'is not dark, it's just far'
WASHINGTON - Despite the name of Pink Floyd’s bestselling album, the side of the moon you can’t see isn’t always dark. But it is far. So scientists call the area where a Chinese spac...
Jan 03, 2019
Kinsmen extend Dream Home Lottery ticket sales deadline
The deadline to purchase tickets for this year's Red Deer Kinsmen Dream Home Lottery has been extended. Lottery officials confirm the previous deadline of December 31, 2018, has now been extended to F...
Jan 03, 2019
Family recovering after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in car in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police say a woman and her five-year-old child have been released from hospital one week after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in a car. The woman’s three-year-old child r...
Jan 03, 2019
Crown tells jury to accept undercover confession of
B.C. girl's murder
VANCOUVER - The confession and later statements of a British Columbia man leave no reasonable doubt he abducted, sexually assaulted and killed a 12-year-old girl in 1978, a Crown counsel told jurors T...
Jan 03, 2019