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Optimist Chiefs close out Mac's Tournament with victory over Flames
The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs have wrapped-up play at the Mac's Midget AAA World Invitational Hockey Tournament in Calgary, with a 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday.As a result, the Chiefs ...
Dec 31, 2019
US consumer confidence ticked down in December
BALTIMORE - U.S. consumer confidence slipped ever so slightly in December, as expectations fell about economic growth over the next six months. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer conf...
Dec 31, 2019
Rain, snow, freezing rain set B.C. up for soggy, sloppy, slippery start to 2020
VANCOUVER - Rain, snowfall and even freezing rain warnings cover many parts of British Columbia as the province prepares to welcome 2020 with some nasty weather. Environment Canada is calling for as m...
Dec 31, 2019
Sharon Stone's dating profile restored after being blocked
LOS ANGELES - Sharon Stone can now return to mingling on Bumble without being kicked off the dating app. A Bumble spokesperson said in a statement Monday that Stone's profile has been restored after i...
Dec 31, 2019
New industry develops around sucking carbon dioxide out of atmosphere
Somewhere in west Texas, amid one of the most productive oilfields in the continent, a Canadian company is building a plant that it hopes will eventually suck from the air a million tonnes of car...
Dec 31, 2019
US home prices gains accelerate in October for 2nd month
WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices rose faster in October than the previous month as many would-be buyers competed for a limited supply of available properties. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city h...
Dec 31, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Canadian men's hockey team captures Spengler Cup
DAVOS, Switzerland - Canada has won the Spengler Cup for the fourth time in the past five years. The national men's hockey team defeated Trinec Ocelari of the Czech Republic 4-0 in the final of t...
Dec 31, 2019
Artistic swimmer named ASDC-Central Athlete of the Month
A competitive artistic swimmer from Red Deer has been named the Alberta Sport Development Centre - Central (ASDC-C) Athlete of the Month for December.Olivia Moreau, 15, is a Grade 10 student at Ecole ...
Dec 31, 2019 Olivia Moreau, 15, is an Artistic swimmer with the Red Deer Silhouettes and a Grade 10 student at École Secondaire Notre Dame High School in Red Deer. She is December's ASDC-Central Athlete of the Month. (ASDC-Central)
Quebec's pot age and Sask.'s microdistillery industry; In The News for Dec. 31
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 31. What we are watching in Canada ... MO...
Dec 31, 2019
Saskatchewan microdistilleries focus on homegrown recipes for spirits
REGINA - The grains grown in Saskatchewan's fertile farmland have become the not-so-secret ingredient behind some one-of-a-kind vodka, gin and whisky. In recent years, microdistilling i...
Dec 31, 2019