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Maple Leafs sign gritty winger Wayne Simmonds to one-year, US$1.5-million contract
TORONTO - Wayne Simmonds has decided to go home. The gritty winger from Toronto signed a one-year, US$1.5-million contract with the Maple Leafs as NHL free agency opened Friday. Simmonds, 32, has regi...
Oct 09, 2020

Red Deer man questions City's handling of payment deferral program
A Red Deer man is frustrated over the way he sees the City of Red Deer's utilities department dealing with customers who enrolled in the deferral of payments program due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Mike ...
Oct 09, 2020

Conservatives accuse government of reckless rush to ease access to assisted dying
OTTAWA - Conservatives are accusing the Trudeau government of rushing recklessly to make it easier for intolerably suffering Canadians to receive medical help to end their lives. The Liberal governmen...
Oct 09, 2020

Jury shown more videos and pictures dealing with 'demons' from computer of accused
FREDERICTON - The jury hearing the trial into the shooting deaths of four people in Fredericton in 2018 has been shown more videos and pictures from the computer of the accused. Matthew Raymond is cha...
Oct 09, 2020

Whitey Ford, 91, pitcher who epitomized mighty Yankees, dies
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. - Whitey Ford, the street-smart New Yorker who had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become baseball's perennial champions in the...
Oct 09, 2020

Trudeau needs to halt byelections as COVID-19 surges in Toronto, Green leader says
OTTAWA - Green party Leader Annamie Paul says with COVID-19 cases rising in Toronto, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should suspend two byelections underway there. Paul, who took the reins of the Green ...
Oct 09, 2020

Drayton Valley RCMP Report: October 1 - October 8
October 11:36 pm - Drayton Valley - 51 Ave - Thanks to the assistance of the town Peace Officer it was discovered that a licence plate was stolen off a Ford Explorer near the town bakery. The investig...
Oct 09, 2020

Conservation group encourages people to leave their leaves on the ground
Officials with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) have some green advice for Canadians hoping to avoid raking leaves on their lawn this fall.They're encouraging you to leave the rake in the shed a...
Oct 09, 2020

For seventh time in eight days, Quebec reports more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases
MONTREAL - Quebec health authorities are reporting 1,102 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 84,094. This is the seventh time in eight days there have been mor...
Oct 09, 2020

Winnipeg Jets reacquire centre Paul Stastny from Vegas Golden Knights
WINNIPEG - Paul Stastny is heading back to the Winnipeg Jets. Winnipeg reacquired the 34-year-old centre from the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday in exchange for defenceman Carl Dahlstrom and a c...
Oct 09, 2020