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Roughly 100 kids living in trucks involved in Ottawa convoy protest: police
OTTAWA - Roughly 100 kids are living in the trucks idling on the streets of downtown Ottawa during the cold, noisy and prolonged protest that has grabbed hold of the capital, police say. Police office...
Feb 08, 2022

College athlete group files complaint, seeks employee status
An advocacy group filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday, the latest step in a push to give employee status to college athletes and afford them the right to competitive p...
Feb 08, 2022

City of Red Deer & RCMP seeking community feedback to identify policing priorities
The City of Red Deer and Red Deer RCMP are seeking community feedback as they work together to develop the community's 2022-2024 Annual Policing Plan.The Annual Policing Plan (APP), outlines local pri...
Feb 08, 2022

Commons calls for halt to collection of COVID-19 phone data over privacy concerns
OTTAWA - The House of Commons voted today to call on the Public Health Agency of Canada to halt its plans to collect data from millions of mobile phones to help understand travel patterns during the C...
Feb 08, 2022

Red Deer woman wins $250,000 Daily Grand lottery
A local Red Deer woman won a much larger prize than she ever imagined this week.When Estela Alvarenga checked her Daily Grand ticket she was surprised to see the number 250 flash across her screen. Sh...
Feb 08, 2022

ALERT complete drug bust at southeast Red Deer home
Two people from Red Deer have been charged after an investigation by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT).ALERT says that on Jan. 26, 2022, members executed a search warrant at a Red Dee...
Feb 08, 2022

Shaq, Usher and Drake shows all highlight Super Bowl week
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shaquille O'Neal will return to the city where he helped the Los Angeles Lakers win three straight championships. This time, O'Neal - who moonlights as DJ Diesel - will host his car...
Feb 08, 2022

Top 20 most popular television shows for the week
NEW YORK (AP) - Here's a list of the 20 most-watched television shows in prime time for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6, their networks and viewerships: 1. Winter Olympics (Sunday), NBC, 11 million. 2. Win...
Feb 08, 2022

Canada names final roster for Women's World Cup basketball qualifier in Japan
TORONTO - Olympic veterans Natalie Achonwa, Laeticia Amihere and Bridget Carleton will lead Canada at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournament. Canada opens Group C play Thursd...
Feb 08, 2022

Traffic slow through Alberta border crossing after being blocked again by protesters
COUTTS, Alta. - Traffic is flowing slowly through the Coutts border crossing in southern Alberta this morning after protesters against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions blocked vehicles...
Feb 08, 2022