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Alberta 'Fair Deal Panel' starts public town hall meetings in Edmonton
EDMONTON - An Alberta government panel looking at ways to make the province more independent is holding its first town hall meeting tonight in Edmonton. United Conservative Premier Jason Kenney announ...
Dec 03, 2019
Trudeau to hold first post-election meeting with Trump on NATO sidelines
LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday on the sidelines of a major gathering of NATO leaders. The meeting between the Canadian and American leader...
Dec 03, 2019
NATO and can a judge be a feminist?; In-The-News gets existential on Dec. 3
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 3. What we are watching in...
Dec 03, 2019
U.S. Congress has to move on new NAFTA, Trump says before Trudeau meeting
LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump says his country's legislators have to ratify the new North American free-trade deal before Mexico and Canada lose interest in finalizing it. He and Prime Minister...
Dec 03, 2019
Old-age benefits have dramatic effect on poverty for immigrants, study says
OTTAWA - A new study says recent immigrants who are seniors when they arrive in this country are far less likely to live in poverty if they have access to federal old-age benefits. To qualify for...
Dec 03, 2019
National focus needed on suicide crisis among Indigenous youth: AFN
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on the federal government to make up a national suicide-prevention strategy for young people, with a suicide crisis grippin...
Dec 03, 2019
Alberta loses beer battle in Appeal Court, but won't have to repay brewers
EDMONTON - Alberta's top court is dismissing the province's appeal of a ruling that disallowed a program intended to promote sales of local craft beers. But the Court of Appeal tossed out an earlier j...
Dec 03, 2019
Enchaced camera surveillance, stiffer panhandling fines floated in safety report
WINNIPEG - A report from the Manitoba Police Commission says the province should consider enhanced security cameras, a crackdown on panhandlers and other measures to improve safety in downto...
Dec 03, 2019
Credit unions work for Albertans - why this matters today more than ever
Albertans are incredible people. Over time we've built great industries, institutions and communities, with a standard of living that for many years has been a lure for entrepreneurs and anyone who dr...
Dec 03, 2019
Red Deer & District Community Foundation awards $48,000 in fall grant funding
The Red Deer & District Community Foundation (RDDCF) has named the recipients of over $48,000 in grant funding. A total of 11 charitable projects and programs are being funded through the fall Sma...
Dec 03, 2019 Ali Khilil with CNIB (left) and Erin Peden with the Red Deer & District Community Foundation (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)