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Amita Kuttner says party must stop infighting, focus on environmental issues
OTTAWA - Amita Kuttner, the newly named interim leader of the Green Party of Canada, says their job is to "heal" the party after months of infighting and strife. Kuttner, 30, who identifies as nonbina...
Nov 25, 2021
Potential December 6 strike for Cargill workers in High River
Employees at one of Southern Alberta's largest meat processing facilities might be hitting the picket line soon.After two days of voting, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 401 President ...
Nov 25, 2021
Multi-Family residences receiving additional recycling tools
The City of Red Deer's Waste Management Team is delivering reusable recycling bags and recycling information to multi-family properties in hopes of helping residents better use the recycling program. ...
Nov 25, 2021
Minister Horner calls US softwood lumber duties 'unacceptable'
Alberta's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development is expressing his disappointment with new duties announced on Canadian softwood lumber exports.Nate Horner issued the followi...
Nov 25, 2021
New exhibition at the Viewpoint Gallery: Undertow – Women I’ve known
Undertow - women I've known, a series of mixed media portraits by Susan Delaney is the newest exhibition presented at the Viewpoint Gallery. Susan Delaney's exhibit features a series of acrylic and mi...
Nov 25, 2021
Freeland says Canada may retaliate against U.S. softwood lumber duty rate
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is prepared to retaliate against an American increase of duties on Canadian softwood lumber producers. Freeland was responding today to cri...
Nov 25, 2021
Nova Scotia mass killing helped drive high national homicide rate in 2020: StatCan
HALIFAX - The mass killing in Nova Scotia and the COVID-19 pandemic helped push the number of homicides nationally in 2020 to its highest level in nearly 30 years, Statistics Canada reported Thursday....
Nov 25, 2021
Boeing told its bid to sell fighter jets to Canada did not meet Ottawa's requirements
OTTAWA - The federal government has told Boeing that its bid to replace Canada's aging CF-18s with a new fleet of the American company's Super Hornet fighter jets did not meets its requirements. Three...
Nov 25, 2021
Assembly of First Nations announces 13 delegates to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican
The Assembly of First Nations has announced the 13 delegates who will be going to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis next month. The delegation include elders, residential school survivors and yout...
Nov 25, 2021
Red Deer hockey player travels the world for pro hockey
Have stick will travel! That is what Abagael Thiessen should have on her business card, but it probably just reads BSc Finance (SLASH) hockey player (see what I did there). Thiessen has been racking u...
Nov 25, 2021