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Red Deer death deemed homicide, police identify victim and vehicle details
An autopsy has deemed the cause of a death in Red Deer this week to be homicide.RCMP, who say they continue to investigate, have also identified the victim as 30-year-old Reichel Alpeche of Red Deer. ...
Feb 04, 2022

Davies, Sinclair among five Canadians up for CONCACAF Player of the Year Award
Canadians Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David, Jessie Fleming, Stephanie Labbe and Christine Sinclair are up for CONCACAF Player of the Year. The men's and women's winners will be determined in voting by ...
Feb 04, 2022

Eagle Builders Centre in Blackfalds officially complete
Work on the new Eagle Builders Centre in Blackfalds is now officially complete.Mayor Jamie Hoover says he couldn't be more thrilled to see the completion of this long-awaited project."Considering the ...
Feb 04, 2022

Wolf Creek Public Schools launches survey for public input on new Blackfalds high school
Officials with the Alberta government say a new high school announced for Blackfalds in November 2019 is expected to be complete in September 2024.The Gr. 9-12 school is anticipated to have a capacity...
Feb 04, 2022

Arrows start 2022 MLR season with well-travelled coach Peter Smith at the helm
TORONTO - While just 32, Toronto Arrows head coach Peter Smith has a few stories to tell. A fly half, the Australian played rugby professionally in Wales (Ospreys) and Japan (Coca-Cola West Red Spark ...
Feb 04, 2022

N.S. woman says sex assault charge shouldn't stall probe of police conduct
HALIFAX - A Halifax woman who alleges investigators mishandled her sexual assault case says a charge laid this week shouldn't delay probes into police conduct. Carrie Low said in an interview Friday s...
Feb 04, 2022

Pence says Trump wrong in saying VP could overturn election
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday directly rebutted Donald Trump's false claims that Pence somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was...
Feb 04, 2022

Ottawa files court brief supporting Enbridge Inc. in Line 5 dispute with Michigan
WASHINGTON - The federal government is once again urging a Michigan judge to keep Line 5 operating while it works with the United States on negotiating an end to the impasse over the controversial cro...
Feb 04, 2022

How the truckers' convoy might show where the Conservative party is headed next
OTTAWA - A convoy of protesters against COVID-19 restrictions that has settled into downtown Ottawa has provided a test for the Conservative party as it rolls into a leadership race. "I spent the week...
Feb 04, 2022

Tennessee gov, GOP push more scrutiny of school libraries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Less than a week after a local Tennessee school board attracted national attention for banning a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, Gov. Bill Lee went pu...
Feb 04, 2022