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Kenney government to bring in bill to alter union wage deals
The Alberta government has served notice it will bring in legislation to allow the province to override bargained contract agreements and delay wage talks for thousands of public-sector workers.Govern...
Jun 12, 2019
Red Deer RCMP nab extreme speeder
High-speed drivers continue to be on the radar for Red Deer RCMP.On June 8, in response to community complaints, Mounties caught a driver travelling 112 km/h in a 60 km/h zone around 9:30 p.m. while c...
Jun 12, 2019
Employee assaulted in gas station robbery
A Red Deer man has been arrested for robbery following the assault of a gas station employee in Riverside Meadows Tuesday night.It happened around 10:40 p.m. when RCMP responded to the Fas Gas at 5926...
Jun 12, 2019
Nova Chemicals wants to be part of plastic waste solution
Nova Chemicals says it wants to be part of the solution to the problem of plastics in the environment, saying that action by industry, government, communities and consumers is needed to create meaning...
Jun 12, 2019
Wife of US Rep. Hunter to change plea in corruption case
SAN DIEGO - The wife of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter is planning to change her not-guilty plea in a federal corruption case alleging that she and her husband, a close ally of President Donald Trump, spent ...
Jun 12, 2019
Court ruling expands Alberta's Blood reserve, Canada's largest
OTTAWA - Canada's largest Indigenous reserve is about to get larger. Federal Court has found that the federal government underestimated the members of the Blood Tribe in southwestern Alberta when thei...
Jun 12, 2019
Styrofoam take-out boxes and straws among expected targets of plastics ban
OTTAWA - A national ban on the most harmful single-use plastics will very likely force restaurants and fast-food outlets to find non-plastic materials for takeout and delivery containers but plas...
Jun 12, 2019
Ex-Michigan State dean guilty of neglect in handling Nassar
LANSING, Mich. - A former dean who had oversight of now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar at Michigan State University was found guilty Wednesday of neglect of duty and misconduct in office but ac...
Jun 12, 2019
Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide
AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine legalized medically assisted suicide on Wednesday, becoming the eighth state to allow terminally ill people to end their lives with prescribed medication. Democratic Gov. Janet ...
Jun 12, 2019
Rebels announce pre-season schedule
The Red Deer Rebels have announced they will be playing five pre-season games in advance of the 2019-20 WHL Regular Season. The Rebels preseason schedule, released on Wednesday, is as follows:Tuesday,...
Jun 12, 2019