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Sylvan Lake releases 2025 Winter Community Guide
The Town of Sylvan Lake is excited to announce the release of its 2025 Winter Community Guide. The guide is available online and highlights a variety of programs and events taking place throughout the...
Dec 03, 2024

City council tackles full agenda in regular meeting
A heavy agenda was set out for Red Deer city council Monday, including a housing development strategies report, changes to the Executive Limitations policy, and decisions around the Westerner Exhibiti...
Dec 03, 2024

Namibia will have its first female leader after the VP wins presidential election for ruling party
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) - Namibia has elected its first female leader, with Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner Tuesday of last week's presidential election as the long-ruling par...
Dec 03, 2024

Private refugee sponsorship pause an 'unfortunate reality': minister
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says that the recent pause in most private refugee sponsorships is because there is an "oversupply" of applications and they don't want to give people fleeing...
Dec 03, 2024

Canadian women wrap up eventful year with lopsided 5-1 win over South Korea
MURCIA - Marie-Yasmine Alidou and Olivia Smith scored to help the Canadian women's soccer team wrap up a tumultuous year with a lopsided 5-1 win over 19th-ranked South Korea in an international friend...
Dec 03, 2024

Emergency Services extinguishes fire at duplex in south Red Deer
Red Deer Emergency Services responded to a house fire over the weekend in south Red Deer.In the early afternoon on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, Red Deer's Deputy Chief of Emergency Services Tyler Pelke sa...
Dec 03, 2024

Jury deliberations begin in veteran Daniel Penny's trial over using chokehold on Jordan Neely
NEW YORK (AP) - Jurors began deliberating Tuesday in the trial of a military veteran charged with using a fatal chokehold to subdue a man whose behavior was alarming passengers on a New York subway tr...
Dec 03, 2024

Health-care costs will rise significantly as population ages, says new report
TORONTO - A new report says Canada needs to rethink its approach to health care to help manage rising costs as people age. CSA Group, an organization that helps policymakers develop standards around h...
Dec 03, 2024

City council approves 2025 Downtown Business Association Budget
City council approved the Downtown Business Association's (DBA) 2025 budget during their regular meeting Dec. 2, which includes a seven per cent levy increase. DBA board chair Brandon Bouchard said in...
Dec 03, 2024

Jets place forward Ehlers on injured reserve, recall Lambert from AHL
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets placed have forward Nikolaj Ehlers on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, the NHL club said Tuesday. The move is retroactive to Friday, when Ehlers left Winnipeg's 4...
Dec 03, 2024