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Red Deer city council appoints members to eight committees, boards & commissions
Red Deer city council appointed both chamber and public members to eight council committees, boards and commissions at their annual organizational meeting on Monday.This year, the City states 23 vacan...
Oct 25, 2022
Red Deer to review Vehicle for Hire bylaw in April 2023
The City of Red Deer will be reviewing the effectiveness of their Vehicle for Hire bylaw in April 2023.At city council's meeting on Monday, administration's request for additional time for the review ...
Oct 25, 2022
Zermatt-Cervinia World Cup downhill ski races cancelled after warm weather
ZERMATT, Switzerland - The start of alpine's World Cup downhill season reverts to Lake Louise, Alta., with the cancellation of European races in Zermatt-Cervinia. Tuesday's cancellation of the women's...
Oct 25, 2022
Canada coach looks to his youth for Americas Rugby Trophy match against Brazil 'A'
TORONTO - Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones is looking to his youth Wednesday when Canada 'A' takes on Brazil 'A' at the Americas Rugby Trophy. Jones has kept just six starters from the team that Cana...
Oct 25, 2022
James Butler, Sean Thomas Erlington, Dedrick Mills earn CFL players of week honours
TORONTO - Running backs James Butler, Sean Thomas Erlington and Dedrick Mills are the Canadian Football League's top players of the week. Butler, a running back for the B.C. Lions, had a career-high 1...
Oct 25, 2022
Sexual assault trial concluding for Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, ex-vaccine campaign head
GATINEAU, Que. - The sexual assault trial against the former head of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine campaign, Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, is expected to conclude today. The Crown prosecutor argu...
Oct 25, 2022
First-degree murder charge laid, public assistance requested in relation to death of Wetaskiwin missing person
Wetaskiwin RCMP and the Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit have arrested one man and are searching for another in relation to the murder of Brian Dupe, 63, of Wetaskiwin.On Oct. 20, 2022, Wetaskiwin RCMP ...
Oct 25, 2022
Federal minister calls utility's pause on Atlantic energy corridor 'bump in the road'
HALIFAX - The federal minister of natural resources says Nova Scotia Power's decision to "pause" its participation in a proposed megaproject aimed at ending reliance on coal is just a temporary setbac...
Oct 25, 2022
Ash Carter, defense chief who opened jobs to women, dies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ash Carter, who served as secretary of defense in the final two years of the Obama administration and opened military jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in t...
Oct 25, 2022
South Africa says Ethiopia peace talks have begun on Tigray
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Peace talks to end Ethiopia's Tigray conflict have begun in South Africa, a South African government spokesman said Tuesday. It is the highest-level effort yet to end...
Oct 25, 2022