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Red Deer introduces increased voting accessibility this fall
Red Deerians will have more flexibility this fall when it comes time to vote in the 2021 Municipal Election.Voters will be able to cast a ballot at any polling station, a change the City is making to ...
Jun 16, 2021
Lacombe council approves Kew Gardens playground replacement
Kids in the city of Lacombe will soon have a new playground to play on at Kew Gardens.On Monday, city council awarded the contract to replace the playground at Kew Gardens to Canadian Recreation Solut...
Jun 16, 2021
Mounties sent to apprehend active shooter in Nova Scotia were confused about gunfire
HALIFAX - A newly released statement from a senior Mountie in Nova Scotia says RCMP officers dispatched to apprehend an active shooter in Portapique last spring thought they were hearing gunshots long...
Jun 16, 2021
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime upsets Roger Federer in second round of Noventi Open
HALLE, Germany - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Swiss star Roger Federer 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the second round of the Noventi Open on Wednesday. It was the first career meeting between the 20-year-ol...
Jun 16, 2021
Green Leader Annamie Paul survives planned ouster, but post remains precarious
OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul has survived another day of party strife after a move to push her out shifted course, leaving her with a tenuous grip on power ahead of a likely federal election thi...
Jun 16, 2021
'Appropriate': Ottawa to review new steelmaking coal projects over selenium concerns
The federal government will step in to conduct an environmental review of any new coal project that could possibly release the contaminant selenium. The decision, announced Wednesday, will capture any...
Jun 16, 2021
Face to face: Biden, Putin meet for long-anticipated summit
GENEVA (AP) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin have arrived on Wednesday at the lush lakeside Swiss mansion for their highly anticipated summit, a moment of consequential diplomacy...
Jun 16, 2021
The Latest: Biden and Putin open summit with a handshake
GENEVA (AP) - GENEVA - President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are starting their diplomatic talks in Geneva. The two were first greeted by the Swiss president before sitting down for...
Jun 16, 2021
Malaysia court rules against coroner verdict in teen's death
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian High Court found Wednesday that a coroner erred in ruling that the death of a French-Irish teenager whose body was found near a jungle resort was likely due t...
Jun 16, 2021
Ontario opens borders, StatsCan releases May inflation rate : In The News for June 16
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 June 16 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 16, 2021