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Alberta shares new health guidance for celebrating Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving less than three weeks away, the province has released new guidance for celebrating safely with family and friends."This year, I think we are all very much more aware than usual about...
Sep 25, 2020
Bamboo supplies dwindling: Calgary Zoo hopeful pandas will be China-bound soon
CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo says it's hopeful two giant pandas will be able to return home soon to China, where bamboo supplies are abundant. The zoo said in May that it would be sending the pair...
Sep 25, 2020
Feds pledge $440 million to join international vaccine program
OTTAWA - Canada will spend $440 million to join an international program which is trying ensure COVID-19 vaccines aren't just hoarded by rich countries, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.But C...
Sep 25, 2020
19 films selected for Central Alberta Film Festival
RED DEER -The 2020 Central Alberta Film Festival (CAFF) will screen a variety of short and feature films to entertain audiences at Festival Hall in Red Deer from October 14-17. "We want people to know...
Sep 25, 2020
Tories ask for House of Commons to sit Sunday to debate new COVID-19 aid legislation
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they want the House of Commons to sit this weekend to debate new COVID-19 aid legislation. Opposition House leader Gerard Deltell says the provisions in the bill...
Sep 25, 2020
Celebrating 'local' for World Tourism Day
World Tourism Day is coming up Sunday and officials with Tourism Red Deer are hoping Red Deerians will find a way to celebrate it.Rene Rondeau, Executive Director at Tourism Red Deer, says central Alb...
Sep 25, 2020
Premiers say they've reached consensus on priority areas including pharmacare, competitiveness
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Canada's premiers say they want the federal government to increase health-care transfer funds by just over five per cent and allow the provinces to opt out of any national pharmac...
Sep 25, 2020
NewsAlert: Mistrial in N.L. cop's sex assault trial
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A mistrial has been declared in the sexual assault trial of a Newfoundland and Labrador police officer. Const. Carl Douglas Snelgrove of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary was faci...
Sep 25, 2020
Criminal case against federal MP adjourned until end of October
OTTAWA - Federal MP Marwan Tabbara's criminal case is now adjourned until the end of October. The 36-year-old MP from Kitchener was arrested April 10 and charged with two counts of assault, as well as...
Sep 25, 2020
Giant rat wins animal hero award for sniffing out landmines
LONDON - A rat has for the first time won a British charity's top civilian award for animal bravery, receiving the honour for searching out unexploded landmines in Cambodia. Magawa, a giant African po...
Sep 25, 2020