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Local restaurants taking part in national TakeoutDay campaign
Nearly a dozen Red Deer restaurants will be joining countless others across the country in what is being described as an historic move to save the food service industry in Canada.Several hundred resta...
Apr 14, 2020

Canadian international Janine Beckie signs new deal with Manchester City
Canadian international Janine Beckie has signed a two-year contract extension with Manchester City. The 25-year-old's current deal was to expire at the end of June. "My agent (Alan Naigeon) calle...
Apr 14, 2020

Red Deer County approves three month deferral for utilities payments
Red Deer County is allowing those who are unable to pay their municipal utility bills to defer payments for up to three months due to the economic challenges facing residents and businesses impacted b...
Apr 14, 2020

Oilers, Cave family announce new charity honouring forward Colby Cave
Edmonton Oilers chairman Bob Nicholson remembers Colby Cave as a tireless worker on the ice and in the community. Nicholson hopes to see the popular forward's impact carried on through the "...
Apr 14, 2020

Canadian Ashley Lawrence in France, looking for learnings during 'unique time'
At 24, Ashley Lawrence is the reigning Canada Soccer female player of the year - an influential fullback/midfielder who has already won 91 caps for her country. But the Paris Saint-Germain player has ...
Apr 14, 2020

Local students announced as finalists in Watersheds Contest
Local students received good news this past week when they were chosen as finalists in the 2020 Caring for our Watersheds competition. The Battle River Watersheds Alliance, the host of the central Alb...
Apr 14, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Alberta government announces new measures to reduce human-caused wildfires
Alberta Wildfire is hiring 200 additional firefighters, invoking a fire ban, implementing off-highway vehicle (OHV) restrictions, increasing fine violations and funding $20 million more in community F...
Apr 14, 2020 (Photo: The Canadian Press)

Government enacts stricter quarantine measures for returnees to Canada
OTTAWA - Starting at midnight, the federal government says all people returning to Canada will have to check in to a hotel or other designated site unless they have an acceptable self-quarantine plan....
Apr 14, 2020

Trudeau promises $130M in COVID-19 aid for vulnerable northern communities
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will spend $130 million to help northern communities maintain supply chains and shore up health and social service systems to withsta...
Apr 14, 2020

Canada-U.S. border restrictions won't be lifted any time soon, says Trudeau
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says travel restrictions along the Canada-U.S. border won't be eased any time soon. Trudeau says Canada is still very much in the control-and-contain phase o...
Apr 14, 2020