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Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery earns social responsibility award
The Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (the MAG) is the recent recipient of a prestigious award from the Alberta Museums Association (AMA).This week, the MAG was announced as winner of the 2023 Robert R. J...
Sep 08, 2023
Quarterback Ta'amu among 10 players revealed on Riders negotiation list
TORONTO - He's currently an NFL free agent but Jordan Ta'amu isn't necessarily out of pro football options. On Friday, the Saskatchewan Roughriders revealed the reigning XFL most valuable player as on...
Sep 08, 2023
'Marathon in a sauna': emergency projects aim to help B.C. salmon through drought
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's prolonged drought risks damaging the salmon population for generations and has led to a series of emergency, rapidly deployed projects in an effort to intervene. The Pac...
Sep 08, 2023
Vancouver cop charged after pedestrian struck in city's Downtown Eastside last year
VANCOUVER - Prosecutors in British Columbia have approved multiple charges against a Vancouver police officer a year after a pedestrian was hit by a police car in the city's Downtown Eastside. Const. ...
Sep 08, 2023
Alberta providing funding for new buses as part of student transportation initiative
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is providing funding for more school buses in Alberta.On September 8, 2023, the province announced that up to $20 million in future funding is now available to...
Sep 08, 2023
De Grasse claims first medal of Diamond League season with bronze at Brussels
BRUSSELS - Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse claimed his first medal of the Diamond League circuit with a bronze in the men's 200 metres at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium on Frida...
Sep 08, 2023
Correctional Service reports death of inmate at Victoria-area prison
VICTORIA - The Correctional Service of Canada says an inmate serving a sentence for second-degree murder has died at the Victoria-area William Head Institution. A statement Friday says inmate Richard ...
Sep 08, 2023
Smoke and changing weather has slowed harvest throughout central Alberta
Harvest is progressing well in most areas of central Alberta, though wide spread smoke and changing weather has slowed down maturing and progress in parts of the region. According to the latest Crop R...
Sep 08, 2023
Portion of 19 Street reopening ahead of Rebels games
There are a number of traffic pattern changes coming to the intersection of 19 Street and 49 Avenue.This is as crews progress with the 19 Street Improvements Project.According to The City of Red Deer:...
Sep 08, 2023
RCMP, AHS offer advice ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day
World Suicide Prevention Day is Sept. 10, with both Red Deer RCMP and Alberta Health Services (AHS) sharing information on how to get help.The day itself was created in 2003 by the International Assoc...
Sep 08, 2023