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Temporary lane closure on 50 Street in Ponoka
A temporary lane closure is expected on Dec. 14, on 50 Street in Ponoka, just north of 57 Avenue as Town crews conduct electrical maintenance work. Officials say the lane closure will remain in place ...
Dec 13, 2021
Upcoming court appearance for pair charged in officer involved shooting near Red Deer
Two of three people charged in an altercation with an RCMP officer near Red Deer two years ago, in which the officer fired their gun at one of the suspects, will return to court in the New Year.Chaset...
Dec 13, 2021
Air Force discharges 27 for refusal to get COVID vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force has discharged 27 people for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, making them what officials believe are the first service members to be removed for disobeying the man...
Dec 13, 2021
La Liga sells Spanish broadcast rights for $5B+ for 5 years
MADRID (AP) - Spain's top soccer league has generated 4.95 billion euros ($5.6 billion) from the sale of subscription broadcast domestic rights for five seasons. La Liga has sold games for live broadc...
Dec 13, 2021
Curling bubble helped put sport back on track after being iced by pandemic
Veteran skip Brad Gushue admits he had a love-hate relationship with curling over the last year. The sport essentially shut down for most of 2020 due to the pandemic. It returned last winter with a mo...
Dec 13, 2021
Trudeau won't rule out federal intervention in challenge to Quebec secularism law
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's still not ruling out federal intervention in a legal challenge to Quebec's secularism law after an elementary school teacher was recently reassigned be...
Dec 13, 2021
AHS to notify close contacts of Omicron cases
As announced by Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) last week, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is advising Albertans that with the Omicron variant now in Alberta, contact tracing for all cl...
Dec 13, 2021
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Canada's chief public health officer says Canada is expecting a potentially massive surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks, driven by the new Omicr...
Dec 13, 2021
Some universities cancel in-person exams after rise in COVID-19 cases
Some universities are adjusting their plans for end-of-semester exams in response to the rise in COVID-19 cases. The University of Victoria in British Columbia will not be holding any further in-perso...
Dec 13, 2021
USA Gymnastics, USOPC reach $380M settlement with victims
The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the victims of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, among others, is over. The fight for substantive change within the sport's natio...
Dec 13, 2021