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Styrofoam take-out boxes and straws among expected targets of plastics ban
OTTAWA - A national ban on the most harmful single-use plastics will very likely force restaurants and fast-food outlets to find non-plastic materials for takeout and delivery containers but plas...
Jun 12, 2019
Ex-Michigan State dean guilty of neglect in handling Nassar
LANSING, Mich. - A former dean who had oversight of now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar at Michigan State University was found guilty Wednesday of neglect of duty and misconduct in office but ac...
Jun 12, 2019
Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide
AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine legalized medically assisted suicide on Wednesday, becoming the eighth state to allow terminally ill people to end their lives with prescribed medication. Democratic Gov. Janet ...
Jun 12, 2019
Rebels announce pre-season schedule
The Red Deer Rebels have announced they will be playing five pre-season games in advance of the 2019-20 WHL Regular Season. The Rebels preseason schedule, released on Wednesday, is as follows:Tuesday,...
Jun 12, 2019
Grad Service Project raises $50,000 for Child Advocacy Centre
As of June, this year's grad service project "Be the Voice" at cole Secondaire Notre Dame High School has raised a total of $50,000 for the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre. Over the past seven m...
Jun 12, 2019 Students at École Secondaire Notre Dame High School and St. Francis of Assisi Middle School in Red Deer have raised $50,000 through their annual Grad Service Project, to this year go towards the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre.
Red Deer missing out on gas price wars in Calgary, Edmonton
You may have noticed by now that gas prices in Red Deer are around 15 cents per litre higher than in Alberta's two biggest cities.Price wars are being identified as the reason Edmonton and Calgary mot...
Jun 12, 2019
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman acknowledged during navy change of command ceremony
HALIFAX - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was acknowledged publicly by the chief of the defence staff during a navy ceremony today in Halifax. Questions have swirled around the future of Norman, who has expr...
Jun 12, 2019
Lawyer: Cuba Gooding Jr. will turn self in on groping charge
NEW YORK - Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. will turn himself in to New York City police on Thursday to face allegations he groped a woman at a Manhattan night spot, his lawyer said. Gooding, the Oscar-winning ...
Jun 12, 2019
Red Deer's outdoor pool to host World's Largest Swimming Lesson
A free swimming lesson for kids aged 6 - 17 years will be held at the Recreation Centre Outdoor Pool Thursday, June 20 as part of the World's Largest Swimming Lesson.This event, founded in 2010, aims ...
Jun 12, 2019
Father tells B.C. judge that happy, loving girl, 8, taken for no reason
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The father of an eight-year-old girl who was smothered by her mother says a happy, empathetic, sensitive and loving child was taken away from the world for no re...
Jun 12, 2019