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Canadian teen McIntosh wins 200 butterfly gold at world aquatic championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Canada's Summer McIntosh has won gold in the women's 200-metre butterfly competition at the world aquatics championships. The 15-year-old from Toronto finished first with a time of...
Jun 22, 2022
Red Deer city council approves $75,000 in funding for Central Alberta Sport Association in 2022
Red Deer city council approved a request of $75,000 in 2022 for the Central Alberta Sport Association (Central Sport).The funds will be provided through the Operating Reserve - Tax Supported.At Monday...
Jun 22, 2022
Alberta premier, oilsands execs in U.S. capital to rehabilitate Canada’s energy image
WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and oilsands industry executives are in the U.S. capital as part of a fresh push to rehabilitate the public image of Canada's fossil fuels.At the core of the ...
Jun 22, 2022
Rimbey, Red Deer projects get Co-op Community Spaces grants
Rimbey and Red Deer will benefit from the latest round of Co-op Community Spaces grants.Rimbey will get funding for a new outdoor rink which, according to a release, will ensure the community can take...
Jun 22, 2022
Alberta NDP calls on Travis Toews not to wait to re-index AISH
Two NDP MLAs are urging former Alberta Minister of Finance and UCP leadership candidate Travis Toews not to wait to fulfill a commitment.Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips and St. Albert MLA Marie R...
Jun 22, 2022
Almost 100,000 mail ballots in federal election not counted, most arrived late
OTTAWA - A report published today by Elections Canada says almost 100,000 mail-in ballots were not counted in the federal election, most because they arrived after the deadline. The body that administ...
Jun 22, 2022
Alberta Open Round 1 results
A pair of Central Alberta golfers are in the hunt after round 1 of the Alberta Open.The weather held for day 1 of the Alberta Open at the Sundre Golf Club and Lacombe's Brady Mckinlay took advantage w...
Jun 22, 2022
Quebec judge dismisses defamation suit against comedian Mike Ward regarding joke
MONTREAL - A Quebec comedian who won a high-profile Supreme Court of Canada human rights case last year has logged another legal victory against one of his accusers. A Quebec court judge has dismissed...
Jun 22, 2022
Blair 'very, very confident' he didn't interfere in RCMP mass shooting investigation
OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki never promised him the Mounties would release details on the guns used in the mass shooting in Nova Scotia to su...
Jun 22, 2022
Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson dies at age 26
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson has died at age 26. Ferguson, nicknamed "Sack Daddy," played three NFL seasons, all with Baltimore. He set the career sacks record in the college Football B...
Jun 22, 2022