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Town of Ponoka boasts productive 2020 construction season
It was a productive construction season in Ponoka, Town officials say.Numerous roadway and sidewalk improvements were completed under the Town's annual Roadway Infrastructure Improvement Program.Proje...
Oct 18, 2020
Canada inches toward to 200,000 COVID-19 case mark, with most new cases in Quebec
Canada's COVID-19 caseload is nearing the 200,000 mark, with the majority of new infections in Quebec this weekend. Public health officials reported 1,803 new cases across the country today, for a tot...
Oct 18, 2020
Central Alberta Film Festival succeeds despite pandemic
People laughed and had fun at this week's annual Central Alberta Film Festival.Communications Director Tanya Mullakady described a feeling of joy in the air as things got started.Attendees who've had ...
Oct 18, 2020
N.S. calls on Ottawa to define a 'moderate livelihood,' as fishing dispute boils over
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is urging Ottawa to define what constitutes legal harvesting in a "moderate livelihood" fishery, after a dispute about Indigenous fishing treaty rights boi...
Oct 18, 2020
Flu shots available across Alberta starting October 19
Flu shots will be available to all Albertans at no charge starting on October 19.With the COVID-19 pandemic hanging around, health officials across Canada are recommending that everyone gets their flu...
Oct 18, 2020
Thanks for Farming Tour hits Red Deer Nov. 11-12
Farming is a job where those doing the hard work don't get enough credit.So says Jeremy Matuszewski, founder of the Thanks for Farming Tour (TFFT), which comes to Red Deer's Westerner Park November 11...
Oct 18, 2020
Restaurants near virus hot spots weigh safety-vs-profit with locals-only dining
Some southern Ontario restaurants are making the tough financial choice to bar out-of-town customers from indoor dining as COVID-19 cases surge in nearby hot spots. Ramshackle Industries, which ...
Oct 18, 2020
B.C.'s snap election means 700k ballots will be counted manually, delaying results
VANCOUVER - British Columbia residents won't learn the results of next Saturday's snap election for at least two weeks after polls close thanks to the need to count hundreds of thousands of mail-in ba...
Oct 18, 2020
Zverev beats Canada's Auger-Aliassime in Cologne to end title wait
COLOGNE, Germany - Alexander Zverev ended his 17-month wait for a title by drawing on the pain of his U.S. Open final defeat to beat Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3 and win the Cologne Indoors...
Oct 18, 2020
UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections
TEHRAN, Iran - A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, de...
Oct 18, 2020