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Alberta Beef Industry Conference wraps up in Red Deer
Hundreds of vendors and producers from across western Canada and beyond are wrapping up a three-day opportunity in Red Deer to network and learn more about the latest advances in the beef industry.Fri...
Mar 06, 2020 Hundreds of vendors, delegates and producers have gathered at the Cambridge Red Deer Hotel and Conference Centre over the past three days to network and learn more about industry challenges and trends at the 2020 Alberta Beef Industry Conference. (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
Vancouver Whitecaps hope to set the tone early against LA Galaxy
VANCOUVER - Head coach Marc Dos Santos wants the Vancouver Whitecaps to show some early aggression when they play their first away match of the season against the LA Galaxy on Saturday. Dos Santos bel...
Mar 06, 2020
Nixon responds to NDP's helicopter joyride accusations
NDP Environment Critic Marlin Schmidt shot down the UCP's recent move to save cost by restructuring Alberta Parks in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday by stating "The UCP believes that camping is ...
Mar 06, 2020
Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan: Kenney
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel cornonavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2023....
Mar 06, 2020
City, AHS differ over ongoing costs for vacant Valley Park Manor
The City of Red Deer and Alberta Health Services (AHS) are at odds over what exactly it's costing to let Valley Park Manor sit empty.The former seniors' living facility, which is owned by AHS and loca...
Mar 06, 2020
Alberta's Bottcher tops Ontario's Epping 10-3 to lock up 1-2 Page berth at Brier
KINGSTON, Ont. - Alberta's Brendan Bottcher locked up a berth in the 1-2 Page playoff game at the Tim Hortons Brier with a 10-3 victory over Ontario's John Epping on Friday afternoon. Bottcher secured...
Mar 06, 2020
Austin officials cancel South by Southwest festival
AUSTIN, Texas - Austin city officials have cancelled the South by Southwest arts and technology festival. Mayor Steve Adler announced a local disaster as a precaution because of the threat of the nove...
Mar 06, 2020
Kenney says he agrees with survey urging end to daylight time
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says a large majority of Albertans recently surveyed want to end daylight time and he's in favour of it.About 90 per cent of 141,000 survey respondents said they wanted...
Mar 06, 2020
Police investigating shooting near Innisfail park
Innisfail RCMP are investigating a shooting incident that took place Friday morning.Police received a call at about 5 a.m. on March 6 for a shooting in the area of Cannon Park in the town's south end....
Mar 06, 2020 (Google Maps)
Rocky RCMP Report Feb 27 - Mar 5
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...
Mar 06, 2020