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Town and County in support of Clearwater FCSS move
The Town of Rocky Mountain House and Clearwater County are in full support of the Clearwater Regional Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) move from the Christenson Sports and Wellness Centre ...
Oct 16, 2020
Rocky RCMP Report: October 2-14
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...
Oct 16, 2020
Shandro proceeds with EMS dispatch consolidation despite mayors' pleas
Alberta's health minister says the province is moving ahead with EMS dispatch consolidation despite an impassioned plea by four Alberta mayors to reverse course. Tyler Shandro informed the mayors of R...
Oct 16, 2020
Layoffs part of Red Deer Public Library restructuring
More than half of the workforce at Red Deer Public Library (RDPL) was laid off earlier this year as the organization navigated through the COVID-19 pandemic.The layoffs were not publicly announced whe...
Oct 16, 2020
Rays-Yankees get most viewers during Division Series
NEW YORK - The Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees drew the five-most watched games of the Division Series, boosted by prime-time start times. Tampa Bay's 2-1 win in Game 5 on Oct. 9 was the most-watc...
Oct 16, 2020
Red Deer now with 35 active cases of COVID-19
Red Deer has added four more active cases of COVID-19 and now has 35. The number of recoveries held at 111 as the city's overall case count rose to 146.An outbreak remains in effect for Hunting Hills ...
Oct 16, 2020
Trudeau says feds want fixes, not control, of long-term care system
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no intention of trying to assert federal jurisdiction over long-term care facilities but still believes there is a role for Ottawa to play in fixing ...
Oct 16, 2020
Liberals propose special committee to examine pandemic-related spending
OTTAWA - The minority Liberal government is attempting to pre-empt opposition efforts to create a special committee to investigate alleged corruption by proposing its own special committee to examine ...
Oct 16, 2020
Maple Leafs sign 2006 Hart winner Joe Thornton to one-year contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed 41-year-old forward Joe Thornton to a one-year contract worth US$700,000. Thornton, a six-time all star and the winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy as leag...
Oct 16, 2020
Canadian bantamweight Sarah Moras to fight on Nov. 7 UFC card in Las Vegas
Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras will face Brazil's Vanessa Melo next month on a televised UFC card in Las Vegas.The main event of the Nov. 7 show at the UFC's Apex production facility f...
Oct 16, 2020