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Alberta adds just 621 new cases of COVID-19
Red Deer's active COVID-19 case count dropped again on Saturday from 523 to 519, a more modest drop than several days this past week, but a drop nonetheless.After hitting a record high active caseload...
May 22, 2021
Volcano erupts near Congolese city of Goma; residents flee
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Congo's Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tri...
May 22, 2021
Central Region Crop Report - Week of May 18
A large amount of moisture was brought to middle parts of the province this week with widespread rains, according to the latest Alberta Crop Report.For Central Region (Rimbey, Airdrie, Coronation, Oye...
May 22, 2021
Cloistered nuns get vaccinated to do their 'duty as citizens' and neighbours
MONTREAL - Cloistered nuns in Montreal's Carmelite monastery lined up to complete their COVID-19 vaccinations yesterday. Inside a 125-year-old convent in the city's Plateau neighbourhood, 11 sisters -...
May 22, 2021
More than half of Canadians have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose
MONTREAL - More than 50 per cent of Canadians have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Data compiled from provincial and territorial health authorities shows that more than 20.6 mill...
May 22, 2021
Canada's Shapovalov loses to Ruud of Norway in Geneva Open final
GENEVA - Denis Shapovalov might have lost final of the Geneva Open, but the Canadian said his solid week set him up nicely for the red clay courts of the French Open in less than two weeks. The No. 2 ...
May 22, 2021
Red Deer city council to possibly extend masking bylaws again
Masking bylaws return to Red Deer city council's desks this Tuesday.The City's three bylaws, which cover transit, indoor public places and public vehicles, and civic facilities, are each set to expire...
May 22, 2021
Canada's 50 per cent vaccine milestone a psychological boost to keep going: experts
Raywat Deonandan is feeling more hopeful these days, and he's noticed a renewed optimism in many of his epidemiology and infectious disease colleagues. After months of observing negative COVID-19 tren...
May 22, 2021
RCMP investigating attempted theft and hit & run in Penhold
Innisfail RCMP are seeking information related to an attempted car break-in and subsequent hit and run this week.The incident is said to have occurred May 21 just before 6 a.m. at the Penhold Estates ...
May 22, 2021
Dubas: Leafs' Tavares suffered knee injury along with concussion in scary collision
TORONTO - Maple Leafs captain John Tavares is dealing with a knee injury as well as a concussion after being stretchered off the ice following a scary collision in Game 1 of Toronto's first-round play...
May 22, 2021