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RDC, Olds College getting provincial funding for tech equipment & research
Students attending technology-related programs at Red Deer College, SAIT, and Olds College will soon have new state-of-the-art equipment to work with.Minister of Jobs, Economy, and Innovation Doug Sch...
Sep 21, 2020
Students adapting well to "new" school year
The principal at West Central High School in Rocky Mountain House says "students have been great" since the start of the new school year. Under rules set by the province to limit the spread of COVID-1...
Sep 21, 2020
Warrant alleges N.S. mass killer's prior violence against family, growing paranoia
HALIFAX - Court documents released today describe the violence a Nova Scotia mass killer inflicted on his father years before his rampage as well as the gunman's growing paran...
Sep 21, 2020
Explosion reported north of Rocky remains a mystery
The source of an explosion that had ears ringing north of Rocky Mountain House late last week remains a mystery. It was last Thursday at around 2 p.m. when Clearwater Regional Fire Rescue Services rec...
Sep 21, 2020
Red Deer twins sign with same pro hockey team in Germany
Twin hockey players born and raised in Red Deer are taking their careers to Deutschland.Allan and Michael Pruss, 24-year-old forwards (Allan is older by five minutes), have both signed to play with Ad...
Sep 21, 2020
Former Maple Leafs forward, Rangers captain Bob Nevin dead at 82
TORONTO - Bob Nevin, a fan favourite who won two Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs before a successful run as captain of the New York Rangers, has died. He was 82. Nevin died early Monday, acc...
Sep 21, 2020
COVID-19 outbreaks declared at Calgary's Foothills Medical Centre, U of A residence in Edmonton
CALGARY, AB - Visitation to the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary is being limited as staff and patients deal with an outbreak of COVID-19.Alberta Health Services (AHS) reports that 10 patients and ...
Sep 21, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Horgan meets Lt.-Gov. amid B.C. election speculation
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan is meeting with Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin today amid speculation he will call a provincial election. Horgan has called an 11 a.m. news conference following the&nbs...
Sep 21, 2020
Famed French actor Michael Lonsdale dies at 89
PARIS - Michael Lonsdale, a giant of the silver screen and theatre in France who worked with some of the world's top directors in an acting career that spanned 60 years, died on Monday, his agent said...
Sep 21, 2020
COVID-19 gains steam as Quebec and Ontario report surge in new infections
MONTREAL - The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be gaining steam across Eastern Canada as Ontario and Quebec report a surge in infections. Health authorities in Quebec reported 568 new...
Sep 21, 2020