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Fullback Ashley Lawrence named Canadian Player of the Year after busy 2019
TORONTO - Ashley Lawrence, who played in all 15 internationals in 2019 and led the Canadian women in minutes played, has been named Canadian Player of the Year. She joins KAA Gent forward Jonathan Dav...
Dec 12, 2019
6 killed in New Jersey gunbattle, including police officer
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gun battle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy fire for hou...
Dec 12, 2019
Crews still battling fire from crude oil train derailment in central Saskatchewan
LANIGAN, Sask. - Saskatchewan's public safety agency says crews are working in frigid temperatures as they continue to battle a fire that started when a freight train carrying...
Dec 12, 2019
Increasing pipeline capacity, resolving trade disputes key to Alberta economy in 2020: ATB Financial
The newest Alberta Economic Outlook released by ATB Financial shows our province's real GDP is forecast to grow slightly higher-0.9 per cent-in 2020. ATB Financial says Alberta's economy should get so...
Dec 12, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Olds College Smart Farm receives land gift from Didsbury couple
Olds College Smart Farm is set to expand thanks to a gift of land from George and Marge Steckler of Didsbury. The couple has committed a future estate gift that includes 320 acres of farmland that wil...
Dec 12, 2019
Tax cuts, flood fight and cost-control on Manitoba premier's agenda
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister - a man not known for shying away from a scrap - is promising an even "bolder" approach in 2020 with his Progressive Conservative govern...
Dec 12, 2019
Downtown businesses to pay higher levy to DBA
Red Deer's Downtown Business Association (DBA) is going into 2020 expecting to spend 16 per cent less than it did this year.The association, which governs provincial regulations for downtown businesse...
Dec 12, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
1% tax increase proposed for Blackfalds for 2020
Blackfalds town council has unanimously approved the $28.9 million 2020 operating budget that results in a 1% property tax increase for the upcoming year.Town officials note that's about a half percen...
Dec 12, 2019
Andrew Scheer resigns as Conservative leader
Andrew Scheer says he is stepping down as Conservative leader as soon as a successor can be chosen.Scheer addressed the House of Commons briefly at about noon Eastern time, saying leading his party ha...
Dec 12, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Brazil's Bolsonaro calls activist Greta Thunberg a "brat"
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday called young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg a "brat" after she expressed concern about the slayings of indigenous Brazilian...
Dec 12, 2019