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Red Deer County opening day use areas Wednesday
Red Deer County says all of its Day Use Areas will seasonally open to the public on May 6. However, washrooms and group use facilities within the Day Use Areas will remain closed in collaboration with...
May 05, 2020 Red Deer County Logo Update
Alberta announces advisory panel for agriculture industry
It's another war room, of sorts, this time aimed at sticking up for Alberta's second largest industry. Agriculture and Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen announced on Tuesday the 10 people who make up t...
May 05, 2020
Ford: MLSE asked about Toronto being a hub city should NHL resume its season
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the Toronto Maple Leafs' parent company has been in contact with the province about the possibility of Canada's biggest city serving as a so-called "hocke...
May 05, 2020
A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID-19
COVID-19 has sickened thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed hundreds. "While we can start to become numb to these numbers as time goes on, each one of these individuals had a life that...
May 05, 2020
AMA says look after your vehicle battery as you head back out
Has your vehicle been sitting parked while riding out self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic? As the province eases into reopening, the Alberta Motor Association says thousands of Albertans will ...
May 05, 2020
Fix on Friday to finally let moms-to-be receive CERB, Qualtrough tells MPs
OTTAWA - Expecting mothers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 in March, and have since been unable to access emergency federal aid, will receive a key benefit once a fix comes into effect on Friday. ...
May 05, 2020
Federal government earmarking $77M to keep food-processing industry safe
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday more than $77 million to help keep workers in the food-processing industry safe. The news comes as a Cargill meat-packing plant in High River, Alta., so...
May 05, 2020
Maintenance upgrades continue at Red Deer Provincial Building
Work is about halfway complete on upgrades being done to the Red Deer Provincial Building.The $1.2 million project is seeing the chiller and air handling unit at the building replaced.This work is par...
May 05, 2020
Athleteics Canada awards Olympic spots to Dunfee, Hofbauer and Pidhoresky
OTTAWA - Marathoners Trevor Hofbauer and Dayna Pidhoresky and race walker Evan Dunfee have been nominated by Athletics Canada for their events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The International Olympi...
May 05, 2020
Leafs' Holl: American players waiting for 'concrete plan' before crossing border
TORONTO - Maple Leafs defenceman Justin Holl is ready to go. He's just waiting for the green light. Holl has spent most of the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down the NHL, and much of North Ame...
May 05, 2020