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Alberta meat plant, site of COVID-19 outbreak last year, to get vaccination clinics
HIGH RIVER, Alta. - Alberta Health Services says plans are underway to set up COVID-19 vaccination clinics at a meat-packing plant that was the site of a major outbreak last year.Nearly half of the 2,...
Apr 8, 2021
Alberta “well on its way” to meeting red tape reduction promise
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta Government says it's living up to its promise to reduce red tape. Minister of Red Tape Reduction Grant Hunter introduced Bill 62: Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021...
Apr 8, 2021
Building permit values rise in March
The value of building permits issued in Red Deer last month increased over the same month last year but year-to-date numbers are still well below those of 2020.According to the latest stats issued by ...
Apr 8, 2021
City seeking public feedback for on-demand transit service
The City of Red Deer is considering adding on-demand transit to Red Deer Transit's suite of services and is looking for the public to weigh in. City officials say this flexible, shared ride service of...
Apr 8, 2021
Proposed legislation aims to improve Alberta’s health care system
EDMONTON, AB - The province has proposed legislative changes aimed at strengthening the health care system.Bill 65, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, Spring 2021, focuses on increasing system efficie...
Apr 8, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, April 8, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 8, 2021. There are 1,036,023 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,036,023 confirmed cases (64,291 activ...
Apr 8, 2021
Police: Employee kills 1, wounds 5 at Texas cabinet business
BRYAN, Texas - A man opened fire Thursday at a Texas cabinet-making company where he worked, killing one person and wounding five others before shooting and wounding a state trooper prior to his arres...
Apr 8, 2021
Turkey rejects claims of sexist snub towards von der Leyen
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey on Thursday strongly rejected accusations that it snubbed Ursula von der Leyen - one of the European Union's most powerful executives - because of her gender after a protocol g...
Apr 8, 2021
Authorities: NFL player Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before killing himself early Thursday. York County Sherif...
Apr 8, 2021
Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech
A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made "false and deceptive" statements to Congress when he said the giant social network removes hate speech and ot...
Apr 8, 2021