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City, province announce finalized deal for new $800M arena for Calgary Flames
The deal is sealed: the NHL's Calgary Flames are getting a new $800-million arena. A preliminary deal announced in April for a new $1.2-billion event centre and entertainment district near the city's ...
Oct 05, 2023
US Customs officials seize giraffe feces from woman at Minnesota airport
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal customs agents pooh-poohed the plans of an Iowa woman who wanted to make jewelry from giraffe feces she picked up on a trip to Kenya and brought back to the U.S. in her lugg...
Oct 05, 2023
Specialty clinics relocating to allow for future growth
Three Alberta Health Services (AHS) clinics at the 49th Street Community Health Centre (4755 49 St.), including the Diabetes Specialty Care Clinic, will be moving this month to make room for future pr...
Oct 05, 2023
October is Child Abuse Prevention Month
October is Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre (CACAC) is encouraging all Albertans to wear blue on Oct. 24 to help spread awareness of a growing issue in the pr...
Oct 05, 2023
Gradey Dick looking to soak up knowledge in first NBA pre-season training camp
BURNABY, B.C. - Gradey Dick is doing his best to take it all in. The Raptors' first round pick, 13th overall, from the 2023 draft is taking part in his first pre-season camp as an NBA player in Burnab...
Oct 05, 2023
Alberta Health Services adding nearly 70 nurses to sites in central, northern Alberta
EDMONTON, AB - Nearly 70 internationally-trained nurses are arriving in Alberta to bolster staffing at Alberta Health Services (AHS) clinics.The nurses, who hail from nearly 15 different countries, wi...
Oct 05, 2023
Red Deer native receives provincial honour for oil and gas industry project
Two former SAIT petroleum engineering technology students, including one originally from Red Deer, have received a provincial honour for a project that may save downtime in the oil and gas industry an...
Oct 05, 2023
Thurber inducts '99 grad, Cree Métis artist Jesse Gouchey into Hall of Fame
A Cree Mtis muralist was inducted on Thursday into the cole Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Hall of Fame.Jesse Gouchey, a descendant of the Papaschase First Nation, was a member of the Thurb...
Oct 05, 2023
Lions receiver Williams doesn't look too far ahead, but is now focused on Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers now have Terry Williams' full attention. For weeks, the B.C. kick returner refused to look ahead to the club's much-anticipated rematch with Winnipeg, instead concentrating o...
Oct 05, 2023
Red Deerians can join the ride this October to defeat Type 1 Diabetes
Red Deerians are raising funds once again this year for type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and there's still time to register. The Sun Life's annual Ride to Defeat Diabetes for Juvenile Diabetes Research ...
Oct 05, 2023