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Red Deer and Area

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Penhold encourages blood donations in central Alberta February challenge
Central Albertan residents are invited to roll up their sleeves and make a difference as the Town of Penhold and Canadian Blood Services launch their second annual Penhold Cares Central Alberta Blood Drive Challenge for the month of February. Penhold is challenging everyone in central Alberta to book an appointment and...
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TAKING APPOINTMENTS
City of Lacombe welcomes new family physician
A new family physician has been recruited to Lacombe and is available to take on patients in the area. Dr. Monir Ali is working out of Mainstreet Medical Services in Lacombe and provides hospitalist, emergency, and long-term care coverage at the Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre. Individuals in need of a family doctor c...
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Red Deer encourages active living in February Fitness Challenge
The City of Red Deer invites residents to stay active and healthy this winter by joining the February Fitness Challenge, running from Feb. 1-28. The initiative encourages Red Deerians to build healthy habits through recreation activities offered at local facilities. Whether it's swimming, skating, fitness classes, or d...
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Sylvan Lake opens nominations for Youth Spark Awards
The Town of Sylvan Lake is encouraging residents to nominate an outstanding youth that shows leadership and determination for the Youth Spark Award. The award gives the community an opportunity to recognize youth who make a positive impact, and winners of each category will be entered to win the Youth Excellence Citize...
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Alberta

Alberta cuts funding to gambling support group as it eyes private online betting
Alberta's government has ended a funding contract for a non-profit organization that provides education and resources for gambling addiction.Ray Reshke, executive director of the Edmonton-based Problem Gambling Resources Network, says without the funding the organization will likely have to shut its doors.He said the n...
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Alberta Premier Smith pitching joint Canada-U.S. NORAD military base in Arctic
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling for a joint Canada-U.S. NORAD base in northern Canada to bolster Arctic security. Smith says she pitched the idea at a recent meeting with fellow premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. She says the base could be similar to the Canadian NORAD Region headquarters ...
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Alberta investing $53 million to expand child care spaces
The Alberta government is investing $53 million to expand child care spaces in the province.With growing demand for affordable child-care spaces in Alberta, the funding will go to the the Building Blocks Capital Grant Program. According to officials, the program will create more affordable, high-quality spaces where Al...
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Alberta expands $15/day childcare to all full-time licensed facilities
The Alberta government says many parents of young children are set to save more money on their childcare costs.As part of the $3.8 billion Canada-Alberta Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, the province will soon provide approximately 85 per cent of licensed daycare facilities and family day home programs with a f...
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Canada

Calls for major changes to landmark tobacco settlement too late: Imperial Tobacco
TORONTO - Imperial Tobacco is rejecting what it says are major changes to a landmark $32.5-billion settlement that would see it and two other tobacco companies compensate provinces, territories and ex-smokers in Canada. A lawyer for Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. told an Ontario Superior Court hearing today that changes ...
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RCMP deploys helicopters to patrol Canada-U.S. border amid tariff threats
MONTREAL - RCMP in Quebec today showed off a Black Hawk helicopter added to their fleet to beef up security at the United States border. The display in St-Antoine-Abbé, Que., comes as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on Canadian exports for what he has called Canada's failure to curb the i...
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Federal lawyer characterizes Abdelrazik's case against Canada as 'elaborate theory'
OTTAWA - A federal lawyer denies government responsibility for Abousfian Abdelrazik's detention in Sudan, saying his lawsuit against Canada is an elaborate theory crafted from snippets of evidence. In closing arguments today in Federal Court, lawyer Andrew Gibbs says speculation and innuendo are not enough to establish...
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B.C. court finds Criminal Code first-degree murder parole provision unconstitutional
The B.C. Supreme Court has found a section of the Criminal Code unconstitutional because it treats all offenders convicted of first-degree murder the same, regardless of the number of people they kill. The court ruled in a decision released this week that the code's provision requiring first-degree murderers be sentenc...
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Liberal leadership candidate Gould wants to hike corporate taxes, slash GST
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould says she would lower the GST by a point to four per cent for a year to give struggling Canadians some tax relief. Gould appeared at a campaign event at an independent Ottawa bookshop today, where she also promised to increase the corporate tax rate from 15 to 17 per ce...
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Alberta Premier Smith pitching joint Canada-U.S. NORAD military base in Arctic
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling for a joint Canada-U.S. NORAD base in northern Canada to bolster Arctic security. Smith says she pitched the idea at a recent meeting with fellow premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. She says the base could be similar to the Canadian NORAD Region headquarters ...
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