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Red Deer Public Schools elects new board chair, sets budget
Red Deer Public Schools has a new board chair.At their organizational meeting on June 12, the Board of Trustees elected Nicole Buchanan as its new chair and Laurette Woodward as vice chair.Buchanan, w...
Jun 19, 2019
Lawyer for Calgary man accused in grandson's death asks for acquittal
CALGARY - A Calgary defence lawyer has asked a judge to acquit his client of manslaughter because he says the Crown's case is too weak. Darren Mahoney is representing Allan Perdomo Lopez, wh...
Jun 19, 2019
Local trampoline star inspires at Special Olympics breakfast
'Discovering where sport can take you' was the main message brought to nearly 300 people at the 13th Annual Celebrity Breakfast hosted by Special Olympics Red Deer Wednesday morning.Held at the Harves...
Jun 19, 2019 Kalena Soehn, 19, of Red Deer, was a Trampoline gold medalist at the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer this past February and gave an inspirational message to nearly 300 people at the 13th Annual Celebrity Breakfast hosted by Special Olympics Red Deer at the Harvest Centre Wednesday morning.
Finance minister acknowledges skepticism, vows to build Trans Mountain expansion
CALGARY - Canada's finance minister says the best way to convince a skeptical oilpatch that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion Ottawa approved Tuesday will actually be built is to go ahead and buil...
Jun 19, 2019
Massive crowds, security concerns prove to be issues at Raptors parade
TORONTO - A shooting that sparked a stampede at a massive rally celebrating the Raptors' historic NBA title highlighted the challenges of organizing a large celebratory event in a sprawling metropolis...
Jun 19, 2019
Liberals' balancing act between energy and the environment climaxes this week
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is teetering on a tightrope this week as it attempts to prove it can balance economic development with environmental protection during the f...
Jun 19, 2019
Canada resettled more refugees than any other country in 2018, UN says
OTTAWA - The United Nations Refugee Agency says Canada admitted the largest number of resettled refugees last year and had the second highest rate of refugees who gained citizenship. The UNH...
Jun 19, 2019
U.S. ramps up concern over B.C. pollution; eight senators write to premier
Eight U.S. senators say Canadian mines in British Columbia are endangering cross-border rivers through a combination of poor environmental assessments and inadequate monitoring. "We remain concerned a...
Jun 19, 2019
Amber Alert issued for 7 m/o boy abducted by father
Police in northwestern Alberta have cancelled an Amber Albert after a seven-month-old boy believed to have been abducted by this father was located safe and unharmed.A suspect is now in custody.RCMP s...
Jun 19, 2019
Tax credits, penalizing big polluters, key to Conservative climate plan
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants to give corporate tax breaks to companies that develop and patent green technology in Canada and introduce another federal tax credit for residential e...
Jun 19, 2019