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Early Bird winner announced, ticket deadline approaching for Red Deer Hospital Lottery
A gentleman from Olds has been announced as the Early Bird winner of this year's Red Deer Hospital Lottery.Kelly McLellan is now $25,000 richer thanks to his support of this year's lottery.Other Early...
Jun 11, 2020
Rocky RCMP Report: June 5- 11
This is a report released to the media from the Rocky Mountain House (RMH) RCMP giving a brief description of various crimes and call-ins, both solved and unsolved throughout the community between the...
Jun 11, 2020
Alberta licence plates become targets for COVID-19 fears in some B.C. towns
VICTORIA - Some British Columbia communities are urging residents to show kindness during the COVID-19 pandemic following media reports of confrontations and rudeness shown to people driving...
Jun 11, 2020
Blue Jays GM says baseball needs to step up to the plate on societal change
Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins says Major League Baseball teams, including his own, need to work towards more diversity within their organizations. Executives from all 30 teams working ...
Jun 11, 2020
Adekugbe unbeaten in group phase of Canada Soccer video game tournament
Striker Cyle Larin was the odd man out Thursday as the field of five in the Canadian men's national team FIFA 20 tournament was thinned to four. Sam Adekugbe of Norway's Valerenga Fotball will take on...
Jun 11, 2020
Coroner to feds: Take action on B.C. overdose epidemic like with pandemic
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has recorded the highest number of illicit drug overdose deaths in a single month, prompting the chief corner to say the federal government should take bold acti...
Jun 11, 2020
Two active cases of COVID-19 in Central Zone, one in Rocky Mtn. House
Alberta reported 40 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. The Central Zone now has two active cases of COVID-19, one of them in Rocky Mountain House and the other in the Three Hills area. The zone has no...
Jun 11, 2020
Court rules Manitoba's public-sector wage-freeze bill violates Charter
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba court has struck down key parts of a provincial government bill aimed at freezing the wages of public-sector workers. Queen's Bench Justice Joan McKelvey says the bill is draconi...
Jun 11, 2020
Alberta officially ends agency created to launch green rebates and programs
EDMONTON - Alberta is officially turning out the lights on Energy Efficiency Alberta (EEA), an agency created by the former NDP government to promote green initiatives and home rebates.Grant Hunter, a...
Jun 11, 2020
Court: Michigan Great Lakes tunnel deal constitutional
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that legislators did not violate the state constitution by allowing construction of an oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking...
Jun 11, 2020