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Budget surplus allows Sylvan Lake to lower tax increases
Officials say higher revenues and fewer expenses have resulted in the Town of Sylvan Lake posting a budget surplus for 2018.As a result, Council has approved the following amendments to the proposed 2...
Apr 10, 2019
Sanders quiets his critics as he becomes a 2020 front-runner
DAVENPORT, Iowa - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is quieting critics who questioned whether he could recapture the energy of his upstart 2016 campaign, surpassing his rivals in early fundraising and esta...
Apr 10, 2019
US labels elite Iran force a foreign terrorist organization
WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization, an unprecedented declaration against a foreign government that may prompt retalia...
Apr 10, 2019
Shake-up at Homeland Security goes beyond Nielsen's exit
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and White House allies pressing for a harder line on immigration sped up their campaign Monday to clean house at the Department of Homeland Security with a mission ...
Apr 10, 2019
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera raged across Yemen
ADEN, Yemen - In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac at an airport in the Horn of Africa as officials waited for final clearance to deliver half a million d...
Apr 10, 2019
Red Deer Catholic dual credit program receives $50,000 grant
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has been awarded $50,000 grant from the Government of Alberta for a new dual-credit program for high school students. For the 2020-2021 school year, the division wil...
Apr 10, 2019
G.H. Dawe Centre pools close for annual maintenance
RED DEER- The water park at the G.H. Dawe Community Centre will close Tuesday, April 23 until Friday, May 10 for annual maintenance. The pool will reopen Saturday, May 11 for regular aquatic programmi...
Apr 10, 2019
Spectator charged with assaulting WWE star Bret Hart
NEW YORK - Authorities say a spectator faces assault and trespassing charges after tackling wrestler Bret "The Hitman" Hart while he was giving a speech during the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony in Brookly...
Apr 10, 2019
John Oliver's parody book among most 'challenged' works
NEW YORK - Not everyone was amused by the John Oliver send-up of a picture book by the wife and daughter of Vice-President Mike Pence. "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Presents A Day in the Life of...
Apr 10, 2019
More than 100,000 customers still without power after freezing rain in Quebec
MONTREAL - More than 100,000 people across Quebec spent a second night without power after high winds and freezing rain on Monday left ice accumulated on trees and knocked down power lines. As of...
Apr 10, 2019