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Highlights from Quebec's budget for 2021-22 fiscal year
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard tabled the 2021-22 provincial budget Thursday. Here are some highlights.- Operating deficit of $9.2 billion, which jumps to $12.3 billion after a deposit of $3.1 bi...
Mar 25, 2021
Didsbury RCMP execute search warrant, seize drugs and cash
A Calgary man is facing charges after Mounties seized drugs and cash from a residence in Didsbury last weekend.On Mar. 21, RCMP conducted an extensive search at the residence and seized what police su...
Mar 25, 2021
Toronto FC midfielder Nick DeLeon admits to 'dark time' during recent quarantine
Veteran midfielder Nick DeLeon admits to some dark days during Toronto FC's recent quarantine due to an outbreak of COVID-19 among players and staff.The 30-year-old from Phoenix managed just four or f...
Mar 25, 2021
Didsbury RCMP catch thieves red handed on oil field lease site
Two people have been charged after Didsbury RCMP were dispatched to a theft in progress at a lease site near the community on Tuesday.Mounties say the location was approximately 5 kilometers west of D...
Mar 25, 2021
Six-month sentence for Innisfail man who exposed himself to children
An Innisfail man who admitted to exposing himself to a person under the age of 16 has been given a six month jail sentence.Terry Haskell, 68, pled guilty to the charge earlier this month and was given...
Mar 25, 2021
Power outage scheduled for Sunday in downtown Red Deer
Some downtown residents should be prepared for a planned power outage on Sunday, March, 28 between 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. As a result of the power outage, some traffic signals will be out of service...
Mar 25, 2021
'The world got dimmer': Shooting victims' lives remembered
BOULDER, Colo. - One victim of the Colorado supermarket shooting was leaving after fixing a coffee machine. Another worked at the store but was only there because he stopped in to shop during his time...
Mar 25, 2021
'Arrested Development' actor Jessica Walter dies at 80
LOS ANGELES - Jessica Walter, whose roles as a scheming matriarch in TV's "Arrested Development" and a stalker in "Play Misty for Me" were in line with a career that drew on her astringent screen pres...
Mar 25, 2021
WCBL teams to field all-Canadian rosters in 2021
Issues with COVID-19 restrictions and the Canada-U.S. border have thrown a curveball at the Western Canadian Baseball League. The league announced Thursday that teams hitting the field for the 2021 se...
Mar 25, 2021
In shift, oil industry group backs federal price on carbon
WASHINGTON - The oil and gas industry's top lobbying group on Thursday endorsed a federal price on carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming, a reversal of longstanding industry polic...
Mar 25, 2021