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TORONTO - Canada won't be at this summer's Tokyo Olympics unless the Games are postponed by a year. The Canadian Olympic Committee sent out a statement Sunday evening saying it's refusi...

The following is a letter to Albertans from Dr. Rob Davies on behalf of Alberta's Radiologists RE: postponement of screening mammograms, and the status of other medical imaging tests.Dear Albertans:Yo...

In response to provincial directives to minimize personal contact through social distancing to help slow the spread of COVID-19, all Town of Ponoka facilities remain closed to public access, including...

Starting Monday (March 23) the solid waste management contractor for the Town of Blackfalds will pick up waste and recycling bins by making one pass to pick up totes and will not be separating the mat...

Temporary road bans throughout Red Deer will come into effect at 7 a.m. on Monday, March 23. Road bans are in place for trucks to prevent serious damage to roads during spring thaw. The following road...

A Red Deer city councillor has apologized after making what he now says were "insensitive" remarks about the COVID-19 pandemic.Buck Buchanan issued the apology Friday in a post to his Facebook page."I...

The City of Red Deer is cutting back its transit service in an ongoing effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19.Red Deer Transit will move to an hourly schedule from a 30-minute schedule, starting Mond...

Red Deer now has three confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to provincial data released Sunday afternoon.Two of those three were confirmed on Sunday, and make up part of 33 new cases provincially.Th...

The City of Lacombe is shutting down all municipally run facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The measure comes after the March 17 declaration of a provincial state of public health emergency.All f...

Clearview Public Schools is sharing a message with families to reassure them that learning materials are on the way.Superintendent Peter Barron says health and safety are the division's top priorities...