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Semi driver stopped by fake police car near Consort: RCMP
Mounties in central Alberta are investigating after a semi driver was reportedly pulled over by fake police car. Consort RCMP say it was at about 10:40 a.m. Monday when the driver of a semi-tractor he...
Nov 02, 2020
Alberta politicians use duelling tunes to make parks arguments
EDMONTON - Alberta politicians are reaching deep into pop music's memory bank hoping that their messages about the province's parks stick in people's ears.The United Conservative government released a...
Nov 02, 2020
Bail set at $2m for teen accused in Wisconsin shootings
Bail was set at $2 million on Monday for a 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two men and wounding a third during an August protest in Kenosha, after the father of one of the victims told th...
Nov 02, 2020
Women United seeking community-driven members
United Way Central Alberta is launching a new gender-inclusive affinity group aimed at highlighting and promoting the philanthropic efforts of local women.Women United is a national campaign described...
Nov 02, 2020
Letter: Teen calls out province for closing The Hub on Ross, Camp L.G. Barnes
Letter to Jason Kenney and Rajan Sawhney, How could you? In a year of challenges, fear and isolation you take away my hopes, dreams and opportunities. I am Anakin, an almost 19-year-old young man in R...
Nov 02, 2020
Raptors' Engelbrecht: Every draft prospect has unique pandemic challenges
TORONTO - It's the longest pre-draft year in NBA history, stretching now into its 17th month. So long, that for the first time in his NBA career, Patrick Engelbrecht is still scouting draft pros...
Nov 02, 2020
Dean, Drysdale, Buck, Shulman, Michaels up for Frick Award
NEW YORK - The late Hall of Fame pitchers Dizzy Dean and Don Drysdale are candidates for the Hall's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting, along with Fox's Joe Buck, ESPN's Dan S...
Nov 02, 2020
Bill introduced to provide businesses with direct access to rent relief
OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced a long-awaited bill to provide businesses with direct access to emergency rent relief - almost a month after announcing the new measure. The bill would a...
Nov 02, 2020
Austrian police say several injured after gunfire in Vienna
VIENNA - Austrian police said Monday that several people were injured and officers were out in force following gunfire in the capital Vienna. Oskar Deutsch, the head of the Jewish community in Vienna,...
Nov 02, 2020
Feds announce $100 million for 'green' jobs in Alberta that fight climate change
OTTAWA, ONT. -- The Canadian government is providing a bundle of money to Alberta, during what it calls the "economically challenging time caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic." However, the money i...
Nov 02, 2020