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Red Deer Games Foundation now accepting applications for athletic grant
The Red Deer Games Foundation is now accepting applications for financial assistance for Red Deer and area athletes.The foundation provides financial assistance to individuals demonstrating a high lev...
May 05, 2022
Grizzlies Brooks suspended one game for flagrant on Payton
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Memphis Grizzlies star Dillon Brooks has been suspended for one game without pay by the NBA for making "unnecessary and excessive contact" that resulted in a fractured elbow for G...
May 05, 2022
Fuddle-duddle or not, Speaker calls for respect after question period shouting match
OTTAWA - The deputy Speaker of the House of Commons says he heard unparliamentary language from both opposition and government benches during Wednesday's debate, but he wasn't able to hear whether the...
May 05, 2022
Record profits for oil companies should be invested in climate action: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada's big oil companies should be investing some of their record profits into projects to curb their greenhouse gas emissions. Guilbeault says h...
May 05, 2022
Fugitive who died in Ontario plane crash served in Canadian Armed Forces: Defence
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says two men wanted in Thailand for the murder of a man with links to British Columbia gangs both served in the military. Gene Lahrkamp and Matthew Dupre ha...
May 05, 2022
Canadians’ trips to liquor stores, pharmacies tracked via phones during pandemic
OTTAWA - A report sent to the House of Commons ethics committee shows that Canadians' movements, including trips to the liquor store and pharmacy, were closely tracked via their mobile phones without ...
May 05, 2022
Local artist displays un-Bee-lievable exhibit at Red Deer Museum
Red Deerians can bee a part of the buzz at the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery's (MAG) newest art exhibit titled "In Adoration of the Precarious Bee" by local ceramicist Dawn Detarando.From May 7 - Augu...
May 05, 2022
Calgary turns to intimidating Flames winger Milan Lucic for traffic safety
CALGARY - Milan Lucic is fine with his broad shoulders employed as a public safety message. As the Flames kicked off their first-round playoff series with the Dallas Stars this week, traffic signs pop...
May 05, 2022
Help announced for Alberta producers through 2021 AgriRecovery funding
Officials with the provincial government acknowledge the 2021 growing season was difficult for Alberta producers, but say the targeted AgriRecovery initiative was timely and successful.In response to ...
May 05, 2022
Final witness at Quebec Halloween murder trial says suspect had no signs of psychosis
QUEBEC - The final witness testifying at the trial of the man accused of murdering two people and injuring five others on Halloween 2020 in Quebec City says the accused did not show signs of schizophr...
May 05, 2022