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Red Deer up to 91 active cases of COVID-19
Red Deer now sits at 91 active cases of COVID-19, up five from Thursday, and up one from a week ago.Meantime, the city's total number of recorded cases is up nine to 9,472 in the last day, while recov...
Dec 10, 2021
New program connects Canadians with farmers
Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has introduced a program to help connect consumers to producers.The Agri-Communication Initiative will help Canadians better understand how their...
Dec 10, 2021
Some outdoor skating surfaces in Red Deer to open this weekend
Skating surfaces at Bower Ponds and Westlake are ready for public use on Dec. 11.However, outdoor rinks and the Anders' skating surface will need a little more time, according to City officials.Parks ...
Dec 10, 2021
Bedard aims to join Gretzky, Crosby in playing for Canadian junior hockey team at 16
CALGARY - The half-dozen who played for the Canadian junior men's hockey team at age 16 is sprinkled with names like Gretzky, Crosby and McDavid. Connor Bedard of North Vancouver, B.C., wants to join ...
Dec 10, 2021
Iqaluit residents can drink city water again after 60-day health order
IQALUIT - People in Iqaluit can drink the city's tap water again after 60 days of living under a do-not-consume notice. The notice was lifted Friday by Nunavut's Health Department. Residents of the te...
Dec 10, 2021
16-year-old charged with attempted murder after teacher stabbed in Montreal classroom
MONTREAL - A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed in a Montreal high school classroom Thursday. The provincial prosecution service said the teenager, who ...
Dec 10, 2021
Like father like son. Ticats QB Dane Evans happy to learn footballs X's and O's
HAMILTON - The son of a football coach, Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans got into the X's and O's himself last year - almost by accident. When the CFL cancelled its 2020 season due to the pa...
Dec 10, 2021
Charges dismissed for Lacombe man accused in alleged assault
Charges have been dismissed for a Lacombe man accused of assaulting his female companion in Red Deer County two years ago.Fritz Solberg, 41, had counts of assault causing bodily harm, uttering threats...
Dec 10, 2021
Speedskater Laurent Dubreuil shatters Canadian record at World Cup stop in Calgary
CALGARY - Laurent Dubreuil didn't just break Jeremy Wotherspoon's Canadian record, he shattered it. On the opening day of the ISU World Cup speedskating event at Calgary's Olympic Oval, Dubreuil of Le...
Dec 10, 2021
Canada to U.S. on EV tax credits: 'No choice but to forcefully respond' if passed
WASHINGTON - Canada is threatening a retaliatory barrage of punitive tariffs and to reverse a number of dairy-related trade concessions if the United States goes through with its controversial plan to...
Dec 10, 2021