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Thailand approves transfer of 3 Iranians as Australian freed
BANGKOK - Thai officials say they have approved the transfer back to Tehran of three Iranians who were involved in a botched 2012 bomb plot. The acknowledgement from Thailand on Thursday came as a 33-...
Nov 25, 2020
Guns, drugs, stolen items seized in central Alberta crime bust
A month-long RCMP initiative focused on removing guns and drugs from the streets of rural central Alberta has been deemed a success.The project dubbed 'Project K CAD CDSA' ran from Oct. 20 through Nov...
Nov 25, 2020
Hockey Canada suspends world junior selection camp after positive COVID-19 tests
RED DEER - Hockey Canada has temporarily shutdown its national junior team selection camp following the confirmation of two positive COVID-19 tests among players.Hockey Canada announced on Wednesday t...
Nov 25, 2020
Toronto police have person of interest in billionaire deaths
Toronto police said Wednesday that they have identified a person of interest in the killing of Canadian drug company billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife nearly three years ago. Police Constable Jen...
Nov 25, 2020
B.C. homework assignment asks for 'positive experiences with residential schools'
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A school superintendent in British Columbia is apologizing to an Indigenous mother who pointed out a homework assignment that asked students to find "positive experiences with resid...
Nov 25, 2020
MISSING: 36 y/o Tiffany Lowery from Innisfail
Innisfail RCMP have located Tiffany Lowery and no longer require media or public assistance.
Nov 25, 2020
Chamber relieved total lockdown avoided
Officials with the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce are breathing a sigh of relief that new provincial government measures to address growing COVID-19 cases in the province do not include a t...
Nov 25, 2020
Albertans need to follow all COVID-19 measures to be successful: Hinshaw
Alberta's chief medical officer of health repeated her message that the daily rise in COVID-19 cases in the province, as well as the growing number and extent of outbreaks in acute care facilities, re...
Nov 25, 2020
New health measures force changes at City of Lacombe facilities
The City of Lacombe is making adjustments to its regular operations following newly announced public health measures from the province on Tuesday to combat the spread of COVID-19.On Wednesday, City of...
Nov 25, 2020
Red Deer with 149 active COVID-19 cases, Alberta records 500th death
Alberta announced another 1,265 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. That's out of 15,644 tests completed over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 8.1 per cent.There are now 13,719 active cases in t...
Nov 25, 2020