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Annual report on provincial finances shows smaller than expected deficit
EDMONTON - Newly released figures show the Alberta government ended the last fiscal year with a deficit more than $2 billion smaller than originally predicted in the budget.Higher oil prices and more ...
Jun 28, 2019 Photo: Government of Alberta
Leafs ink pending RFA forwards Kasperi Kapanen and Andreas Johnsson to new deals
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas said last week he was close to getting new contracts signed with pending restricted free agent forwards Kasperi Kapanen and Andreas Johnsson. The parties...
Jun 28, 2019
Dominican police arrest 'mastermind' in David Ortiz shooting
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they have arrested the mastermind behind the shooting of baseball great David Ortiz earlier this month in an apparent case...
Jun 28, 2019
New natural-gas power plants to pay carbon tax on all emissions by 2030
OTTAWA - The federal government is increasing the carbon tax on new natural-gas plants to discourage power companies from building them. The change is part of final regulations for the government...
Jun 28, 2019
'Dog the Bounty Hunter' co-star Beth Chapman dies at 51
HONOLULU - Beth Chapman, who co-starred with her husband on the "Dog the Bounty Hunter" reality TV show and later spoke out against some bail reform measures as a leader of a national bail agents' org...
Jun 28, 2019
Man rushed to hospital after he was struck by train in Whitecourt
A man is in hospital in Edmonton after being struck by a train in Whitecourt. It happened last evening around 8 p.m. near 50th Avenue. When RCMP arrived at the scene they located a 45-year-old male wi...
Jun 28, 2019
Edson woman killed after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 43
A young woman from Edson has died after she was struck by a vehicle on Highway 43 in Whitecourt. RCMP were called to the scene this morning around 5 a.m.According to officers, an SUV was travelling on...
Jun 28, 2019
Order: Abortions can continue at Missouri's lone clinic
ST. LOUIS - A Missouri commissioner on Friday ruled that the state's only abortion clinic can continue providing the service at least until August as a fight over its license plays out, adding that th...
Jun 28, 2019
Red Deer woman checks lottery ticket a month later, wins $2 million
Adrienne Cornish got a message she wasn't expecting when she scanned her WESTERN 649 ticket. She discovered she had won $2,000,000 on the May 11 draw.Cornish purchased her $4 WESTERN 649 quick pick ti...
Jun 28, 2019
Canada adds right-wing extremist groups to terrorist list
OTTAWA - For the first time, Canada has placed right-wing extremist groups on the national list of terrorist organizations. Blood & Honour, an international neo-Nazi network, and its armed branch,...
Jun 28, 2019