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Alberta shares COVID-19 update for April 21
Alberta's chief medical officer of health will provide her daily update on COVID-19 in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at a media conference scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. (Tue. April 21).Y...
Apr 21, 2020
Officials closely monitoring localized flooding potential
Rising water levels resulting from warmer temperatures are creating areas of localized flooding throughout Alberta. They're also prompting City of Red Deer officials to encourage residents to keep the...
Apr 21, 2020 (rdnewsNOW / Sheldon Spackman)
Canadian workers largely satisfied with employer’s handling of COVID-19: survey
Results from a new survey show employees across the country hold a favourable view of their how their employer is handling the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the survey conducted by global staffing f...
Apr 21, 2020
Mantel, Evaristo among finalists for fiction's Women's Prize
LONDON - Hilary Mantel's Tudor blockbuster "The Mirror and the Light" and Bernardine Evaristo's tapestry of black women's stories, "Girl, Woman, Other," are among six finalists for the international W...
Apr 21, 2020
Town of Blackfalds closes playgrounds, skateboard and bike skills park
All playgrounds, skateboard parks, and the bike skills park in Blackfalds are now closed.Town officials say the difficult decision was made by Blackfalds Town Council during a Standing Committee of Co...
Apr 21, 2020 (Town of Blackfalds)
Brown University lineman Hoecht cracks CFL Scouting Bureau's top-20 list
TORONTO - Michael Hoecht couldn't have picked a better time to crack the CFL Scouting Bureau's top-20 list. The Brown University defensive lineman made his first appearance Monday on the list&nbs...
Apr 21, 2020
FIFA says support of women's game will continue
Soccer's international governing body says it will maintain funding for women's soccer despite concerns about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Following the Women's World Cup last year, FIFA Pr...
Apr 21, 2020
Support "astronomical" says Red Deer woman who lost three in Nova Scotia shootings
A Red Deer woman says she is incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support she and her family have received since the tragic loss of her sister, brother-in-law and niece in last weekend's mass sho...
Apr 21, 2020 Emily Tuck, Aaron Tuck and Jolene Oliver (Photo supplied)
Town of Sylvan Lake asks visitors to stay home, for now
The Town of Sylvan Lake is asking would-be visitors and cottage/lakehouse owners to stay home and visit later. "We have a large seasonal population that returns to their cottages, lake homes, or secon...
Apr 21, 2020
Mourners struggle to grieve N.S. mass-murder victims during pandemic
The death toll from a massacre that stretched across rural Nova Scotia last weekend was still being counted Tuesday as families grappled with another uncertainty: how to mourn during a pandemic t...
Apr 21, 2020