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Baseball season teeters, while states resist mask rules
JACKSON, Miss. - The baseball season descended deeper into crisis Tuesday, states such as Mississippi and South Carolina cast about for more hospital beds, and governors in some of the hardest-hit pla...
Jul 28, 2020
Group of 500 partiers causes havoc west of Bowden
RED DEER COUNTY - RCMP believe around 500 people were involved in a massive party west of Bowden last weekend that drew the ire of local residents. Mounties from Innisfail and Sundre say they received...
Jul 28, 2020
Clearwater's backbone plan for broadband ready for input
Clearwater County has completed their backbone plan for the new 2020-2025 broadband project to bring high-speed internet to its residents.Council voted in favour to bring forward the broad plan to the...
Jul 28, 2020
Stigmatizing Hutterites about COVID-19 will harm response: public health officer
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says discrimination against Hutterites will not help build trust as some colonies across the Prairies experience outbreaks of COVID-19. "The surrounding c...
Jul 28, 2020
Province announces stimulus program for municipalities
EDMONTON - The provincial government has earmarked more than $1.1 billion for Alberta municipalities to help revitalize their economies and create jobs.Premier Jason Kenney said the money will "build ...
Jul 28, 2020
Venice Film Festival unveils selections for September fete
The American frontier drama "The World to Come," the Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren comedy-drama "The Duke," Gia Coppola's "Mainstream," and the Shia LaBeouf and Vanessa Kirby drama "Pieces of a Woman...
Jul 28, 2020
Kingston youth pleads guilty to terror charges after January 2019 arrest
OTTAWA - A Kingston, Ont., youth has pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges for trying to persuade someone to plant a bomb. The youth, who cannot be identified under terms of the Youth ...
Jul 28, 2020
A timeline of the controversy around WE, the Liberals and a student program
OTTAWA - A timeline of events regarding the Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public documents, events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials, and WE Charit...
Jul 28, 2020
York 9 FC completes 2020 roster with signing of Canadian teenage forward
TORONTO - York 9 FC has completed its 2020 roster with the signing of 16-year-old Canadian forward Lowell Wright. The native of Brampton, Ont., has spent time with the Toronto FC academy, Sigma FC and...
Jul 28, 2020
Two sent to hospital following separate collisions in Red Deer County
Investigations are underway into the causes of two separate collisions in Red Deer County on Monday.The first happened shortly before noon when STARS was dispatched to a location along Range Road 253 ...
Jul 28, 2020