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Edmonton, Red Deer to co-host 2021 IIHF World Juniors
The World Juniors is returning to Red Deer. Hockey Canada announced Thursday morning that Edmonton and Red Deer will co-host the 2021 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships from December 26, 2020 thro...
Dec 5, 2018
Located: 21 y/o Alexis Littlechild
Ponoka RCMP are no longer requesting public assistance in locating Alexis Littlechild. He is no longer considered missing.
Dec 5, 2018
The 2,000-Year-Old Grauballe Bog Man
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Grauballe Man In 1952, two peat-diggers in Jutland, Denmark, stumbled across the remains of a 2,00-year-old man. Now known as the Grauballe Man, scientists...
Dec 5, 2018
13 treated after carbon monoxide detected in Vancouver: EHS
VANCOUVER - Officials say 13 people were taken to hospital - two of them in critical condition - after carbon monoxide was detected when paramedics responded to a call on Wednesday at an office buildi...
Dec 5, 2018
Grand Prix Final to top wild year for Canadian figure skater Keegan Messing
VANCOUVER - It’s been a big year for Canadian figure skater Keegan Messing, filled with competition, love and even a natural disaster. “It’s just been an exciting year, honestly,R...
Dec 5, 2018
Ottawa opposes United Conservatives as interveners in Sask. carbon tax case
REGINA - The federal government is opposing a pitch by Alberta’s United Conservative Party for intervener status in an upcoming court case in Saskatchewan over the national carbon tax. Documents...
Dec 5, 2018
Chinese embassy in Ottawa demands release of Huawei exec arrested in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - China’s embassy in Ottawa is demanding the immediate release of Huawei Technologies’ chief financial officer, who was arrested in Vancouver over the weekend and faces possible ...
Dec 5, 2018
Red Deer's 'living wage' outpacing province's minimum wage: Report
An update on Red Deer's living wage shows the province's minimum wage falls below attaining a 'decent standard of living' in our city. According to the City of Red Deer's 2018 Living Wage Update, a fa...
Dec 5, 2018
Basketball Cougar Classic set to bring 'hoop-la'
Well over 200 young athletes will gather in Red Deer this weekend for the 23rd Annual Cougar Classic Basketball Tournament. The tourney which features eight senior boys teams and six senior girls team...
Dec 5, 2018
Jones opens Canada Cup title defence with back-to-back wins
ESTEVAN, Sask. - Defending champion Jennifer Jones is right where she wants to be after the opening day of the Canada Cup. The Winnipeg skip sits 2-0 after downing Darcy Robertson 9-7 in WednesdayR...
Dec 5, 2018