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Eskimos say ready to take on explosive run and gun Als' QB Vernon Adams Jr.
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos have a healthy, rested Trevor Harris back at quarterback for the CFL East semi-final against Montreal, but their fate may hinge on containing the explosive running...
Nov 7, 2019
Michael Bloomberg opens door to 2020 presidential campaign
WASHINGTON - Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, is opening the door to a 2020 presidential campaign. Bloomberg announced earlier this year that he would not seek the Dem...
Nov 7, 2019
Community Crime Watch organization applauds government's rural crime initiative
A local crime watch organization says the province's new plan to combat rural crime a great step forward.Ken Wigmore, president of Red Deer/Lacombe Rural Community Crime Watch, says rural Albertans ar...
Nov 7, 2019 (Red Deer/Lacombe Rural Community Crime Watch)
Alberta will study already 'compelling case' for its exit from CPP: Kenney
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there's a "compelling case" to be made for his province to exit the half-century-old Canada Pension Plan - an idea sure to face inc...
Nov 7, 2019
Upcoming stormwater line construction in Lacombe
Residents are advised that C&E Trail will be closed from Aab Street (72 Avenue) to Highway 2A on Thursday, November 14, 2019, between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. for stormwater line construction. Moto...
Nov 7, 2019 (City of Lacombe)
Potential McConnell opponent goes off air after complaint
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky radio host who is considering a run against U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is off the air after Republicans accused him of campaign violations. Matt Jones, ho...
Nov 7, 2019
Grande Prairie Mounties discover dangerous mixtures in seized drugs
Grande Prairie RCMP's Drug Section says lab testing has turned up stronger drugs in what were initially believed to be heroin and cocaine.Those included carfentanil and fentanyl. Other substances foun...
Nov 7, 2019 (EverythingGP)
Acclaimed novelist Ernest Gaines dies at 86
NEW ORLEANS - Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation germinated stories of black struggles that grew into universal tales of grace and beauty, has died. He was...
Nov 7, 2019
Celebrities, others ask Texas to halt inmate's execution
HOUSTON - Supporters of a Texas death row inmate who will face lethal injection in less than two weeks for a murder he says he didn't commit are mounting a final push in the courts and on social media...
Nov 7, 2019
Elections Canada recount in B.C. riding terminated at NDP candidate's request
PITT MEADOWS, B.C. - Elections Canada says a judicial recount of the Oct. 21 federal election results has ended in a British Columbia riding after the New Democrat challenger&...
Nov 7, 2019