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Cyle Larin on target as Canada defeats depleted Haiti 4-1 at Gold Cup
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Cyle Larin scored twice as Canada defeated a depleted but determined Haiti side 4-1 Thursday at the Gold Cup. The Besiktas striker gave Canada some breathing room and a 3-1 lead fro...
Jul 15, 2021
Several people injured, 'catastrophic' damage after tornado hits Barrie
BARRIE - Eight people were taken to hospital, four of them with serious injuries, after a tornado carved a path of destruction through part of a southern Ontario city Thursday, local officials said. S...
Jul 15, 2021
England flanker banned for kneeing Canadian prop Jake Ilnicki in the face
LONDON - England flanker Lewis Ludlow has been banned for four matches for kneeing Canada prop Jake Ilnicki in the face during England's 70-14 rugby win last Saturday at Twickenham. The ruling was mad...
Jul 15, 2021
Home sales stay strong in Red Deer in June
Home sales in Red Deer continued to remain strong in June.According to the latest figures from Central Alberta Realtors Association, 205 units were sold last month, up from 197 in May.In fact, it's th...
Jul 15, 2021
Return of VLTs to Lacombe goes to public hearing Aug. 9
Lacombe is one step closer to welcoming back video lottery terminals, better known as VLTs.Councillor Reuben Konnik brought forward a notice of motion in May which suggested giving residents a say on ...
Jul 15, 2021
Los Angeles County to restores indoor mask mandate for all
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A rapid and sustained increase in COVID-19 cases in the nation's largest county requires restoring an indoor mask mandate even when people are vaccinated, Los Angeles County's publi...
Jul 15, 2021
Red Deer surpasses 60,000 people with minimum one vaccine dose
Red Deer is back up to 19 active cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, according to the latest numbers from the province. That's an increase of two from Wednesday.Recoveries are up three to 5,726 as the t...
Jul 15, 2021
Biden: US will protect Haiti embassy, won't send troops
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week's assassination of that country's president, but sending American tr...
Jul 15, 2021
Montreal cop facing sex assault charge insists he was only trying to help woman
MONTREAL - A Montreal police officer on trial for the alleged sexual assault of a woman at a hotel after encountering her in lockup was grilled by the prosecutor on Thursday about the decisions he too...
Jul 15, 2021
Ag Minister pushing for emergency funding as farmers deal with extreme heat & droughts
Alberta's Minister of Agriculture is pushing Ottawa for help.Devin Dreeshen spoke with officials at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada this week, asking them to activate the AgriRecovery program.It woul...
Jul 15, 2021