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Search continues for remaining five scallop fishers after one found dead late Tuesday
HILLSBURN, N.S. - One of the six missing scallop fishers was found dead late Tuesday evening as teams search the shores near a Nova Scotia village for the remaining five. Rev. Bob Elliott, the pastor ...
Dec 15, 2020
AP Interview: Flattening curve wasn’t enough for New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations: It eliminated the coronavirus. But the goal was driven as much by fear as it was ambi...
Dec 15, 2020
CONCACAF Champions League win not enough to extend Montreal Impact's season
ORLANDO, Fla. - In a year stacked with adversity, a win wasn't quite enough for the Montreal Impact Tuesday night. The squad took a gritty 1-0 victory over Honduran club CD Olimpia in Orlando, where t...
Dec 15, 2020
Red Deer RCMP remind you to protect your parcels from theft
As online shopping packages arrive this holiday season, Red Deer RCMP would like to remind Red Deerians to take measures to prevent being targeted by parcel thieves. This time of year, parcel thefts f...
Dec 15, 2020
Automated traffic enforcement locations announced for January
Red Deer RCMP have announced automated traffic enforcement locations for January.The City of Red Deer's Automated Traffic Enforcement Program includes photo laser, red light cameras and intersection s...
Dec 15, 2020
Local woman launches online fundraiser for Red Deer Hospice Society
An online fundraiser for the Red Deer Hospice Society is garnering significant traction in only its first week.Organizer Petra Kitteringham says the New Year's Eve Non-Event has already pulled in over...
Dec 15, 2020
Canadian junior team defenceman Thomas Harley an Edmonton "bubble" veteran
Thomas Harley has hockey "bubble" know-how.When the Canadian team arrived in Edmonton for the world junior hockey championship, the 19-year-old defenceman's insider knowledge on setting up his video g...
Dec 15, 2020
It's Miller time as Canada defender leaves Orlando City for Austin FC, then Montreal
Austin FC took Canadian defender Kamal Miller in Tuesday's MLS expansion draft, then promptly flipped him to Montreal in a trade. The Impact gave up US$225,000 in 2021 general allocation money and a f...
Dec 15, 2020
Quebec orders all non-essential businesses closed from Dec. 25 until at least Jan. 11
MONTREAL - Quebec is shutting down most businesses and all primary and secondary schools until at least Jan. 11, as authorities try to get a handle on a second wave of COVID-19 that is forcing hospita...
Dec 15, 2020
Government Senate rep concedes MAID bill may not be constitutional
OTTAWA - The government's representative in the Senate concedes it's possible that a bill to expand access to assisted dying may be struck down as unconstitutional by the courts. Sen. Marc Gold says i...
Dec 15, 2020