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Red Deer Public Schools leading the call for stronger vaping laws
Momentum is growing amongst Alberta school boards lobbying to push for stronger vaping regulations in the province.School board trustees from Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA) Zone 4 recently p...
May 10, 2019
Red Deer man urgently looking for kidney donor
A Red Deer man suffering from chronic kidney failure is hoping to find a living kidney donor with O blood type.Joseph R. Smith, 38, is in need of one kidney and currently undergoes dialysis treatments...
May 10, 2019 Joseph R. Smith of Red Deer suffers from chronic kidney failure and is hoping to find a living donor for a kidney transplant.
New Canadian fighter jets will need U.S. certification: DND
OTTAWA - Canada's top military procurement official says the U.S. will have to sign off on whatever fighter jet this country purchases, but that he is not concerned about political interference. Patri...
May 10, 2019
Tottenham stuns Ajax 3-2 to reach Champions League final
AMSTERDAM - Facing a three-goal deficit at halftime in their Champions League semifinal, Tottenham's players only had to think back 24 hours or so to find a source of inspiration. "We saw Liverpool la...
May 10, 2019
Police arrests end sit-in against policing at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore police arrested seven people on Wednesday as they ended a monthlong sit-in in the lobby of an administrative building at Johns Hopkins University, where a group of protesters have demonstrat...
May 10, 2019
Deborah Dugan, CEO of (RED), picked to lead the Grammys
NEW YORK - Deborah Dugan, the CEO of Bono's (RED) organization, has been named president and CEO of the Recording Academy, becoming the first woman appointed to lead the organization. The academy anno...
May 10, 2019
PSAC rejects government offer, setting up potential post-election strike
OTTAWA - There could be a federal public-service strike later this year, but it will be up to whoever is in power after the October election to deal with it. The Public Service Alliance of C...
May 10, 2019
Pentagon: US moving Patriot missile battery to Mideast
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon says the U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East region to counter threats from Iran. The department provided no details, but a defence official says th...
May 10, 2019
Edmonton man charged in Innisfail mail theft incident
An Edmonton man is facing charges after RCMP in Innisfail arrested a suspect accused of breaking into mail boxes at an apartment building.It happened around 8:00 a.m. on May 8 when a member of the com...
May 10, 2019
House Democrat issues subpoenas for Trump tax returns
WASHINGTON - A top House Democrat has issued subpoenas for six years of President Donald Trump's tax returns, giving Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig a deadline of...
May 10, 2019