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Elections Alberta backtracks on decision not to name those fined for violating law
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief electoral officer has reversed course on naming people or organizations fined for breaking elections laws.Glen Resler's office says it will continue the practice of publicly...
Nov 28, 2019
Soccer starlet Olivia Smith back with her peers after Canada senior team debut
After making her senior debut Nov. 7 against Brazil, 15-year-old Olivia Smith is back with her peers as the Canadian under-17 team prepares for next year's CONCACAF U-17 Championship. Coach Rhian Wilk...
Nov 28, 2019
Raising awareness of gender-based violence
Gender-based violence awareness was the focus of an event hosted by the Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre (CASASC) at Red Deer College on Thursday.Held in partnership with RDC's Students' ...
Nov 28, 2019 Silent marchers took to the halls of RDC's main campus on Thursday to help raise awareness of gender-based violence in the community. (rdnewsNOW / Sheldon Spackman)
Saskatchewan chief disappointed at lack of long-term help to stop suicides
REGINA - The chief of a northern Saskatchewan First Nation says he is disappointed at the lack of long-term help from the provincial and federal governments to deal with what he says&nb...
Nov 28, 2019 (Submitted photo/The Canadian Press)
Vancouver bans plastic bags, straws, foam containers and other single-use items
Vancouver is bringing in bans on the use of plastic bags, disposable cups, plastic straws and other single-use items. Mayor Kennedy Stewart says bylaws passed by city council balance pu...
Nov 28, 2019
Comedian Mike Ward loses appeal over penalty for joke about disabled boy
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has largely upheld a human right's tribunal's ruling requiring a comedian to pay damages to a disabled singer he mocked. In a split decision, two of the three ...
Nov 28, 2019
Embiid latest in long list of NBA stars to be shut down by Raptors
TORONTO - A humorous meme of Joel Embiid made the rounds of social media Monday night after Philadelphia's seven-foot centre went scoreless for the first time in his NBA career. It was ...
Nov 28, 2019
Maple Leafs coach Keefe says backup goalie will start opener of back-to-back
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe says backup goaltender Michael Hutchinson will start the first of back-to-back games when Toronto visits the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. No. 1 goalie...
Nov 28, 2019
Youth HQ loses core funding for major programs in Innisfail
Big Brothers Big Sisters and Boys & Girls Club programs in Innisfail are set to lose core funding as of December 31.In a release, Youth HQ says this is due to a decrease in provincial funding, ide...
Nov 28, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
School nutrition program to continue, sees funding boost
The provincial school nutrition program will benefit from an increase in government spending this year.The Government of Alberta announced on Thursday that it is boosting the program's budget by $3 mi...
Nov 28, 2019 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange with grade one students at St. Jerome school. (Government of Alberta)