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Innisfail council approves 2019 - 2021 budget
Council for the Town of Innisfail has approved its operating and capital budgets for 2019 with residents expected to see a small tax increase next year. With a focus on strategic vision, community bui...
Dec 12, 2018
Few veterans at Canada's junior hockey camp, but newcomers bring confidence
COLWOOD, B.C. - An undrafted player who is leading the scoring race in the Western Hockey League hopes his breakout season will soon be rewarded with a spot on Canada’s junior hockey team. Brett...
Dec 12, 2018
Huawei exec details health problems in affidavit submitted to B.C. court
VANCOUVER - Huawei’s chief financial officer says she has suffered a lifetime of health problems, including thyroid cancer, sleep apnea and high blood pressure, but she is ready to fight allegat...
Dec 12, 2018
Proposed 2019 operating budget focuses on community safety, sustainability
Maintaining the vision while managing expectations is the goal behind next year's operating budget for the City of Red Deer. City Manager Craig Curtis says the recommended operating budget for 2019 ha...
Dec 12, 2018
Second Canadian missing in China after questioning by authorities: Freeland
OTTAWA - A second Canadian is missing in China after alerting Global Affairs Canada that he was being questioned by Chinese authorities, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday. Mich...
Dec 12, 2018
Witnesses describe crash scene as manslaughter trial continues
Several people who attended the scene of a late night crash that claimed the life of Stanley Dick near Lousana three years ago testified in Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench Wednesday morning. Daniel Wa...
Dec 12, 2018
Actor, director Ron Howard visits Oklahoma birthplace
DUNCAN, Okla. - Oscar-winning director and actor Ron Howard returned to his home state of Oklahoma and the now-closed hospital where he was born. Howard’s Instagram site this week featured a pho...
Dec 12, 2018
Argentine actor in anti-sex abuse video accused of rape
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - An Argentine television actor who participated in a video asking women to denounce sexual assaults is himself being accused of rape. Actress Thelma Fardin accused Juan Darthe...
Dec 12, 2018
Ken Hitchcock has Oilers rolling, but other coaching changes falling flat
When the struggling Edmonton Oilers dropped the axe on head coach Todd McLellan and replaced him with the briefly-retired Ken Hitchcock last month, part of Peter Chiarelli’s reasoning for the mo...
Dec 12, 2018
UK Prime Minister Theresa May wins party no-confidence vote, but troubles remain
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a brush with political mortality Wednesday, winning a no-confidence vote by Conservative lawmakers that would have ended her leadership of party an...
Dec 12, 2018