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Change to customer service hours at downtown RCMP detachment
Beginning this week, the customer service hours at the downtown Red Deer RCMP detachment (4602 - 51 Ave) will change. As of December 19, the customer service front counter will be closed Saturdays and...
Dec 14, 2020
Food Banks Alberta prepares to support more Albertans this holiday season
Times are tough, but accessing nutritious food or family essentials doesn't have to be. This is the message Food Banks Alberta and its nearly 100 member food banks across the province want to share wi...
Dec 14, 2020
Alberta RCMP updates detachment services in light of new COVID-19 restrictions
EDMONTON - Alberta RCMP detachments have modified service delivery at front counters and will now be controlling access to public spaces within RCMP facilities effective Dec. 13 in compliance with a n...
Dec 14, 2020
$100,000 lotto windfall for Red Deer winner
When Manuel Garcia Aguilar passed his LOTTO 6/49 ticket over to the cashier at a local store in Red Deer, he had no idea he'd be handed back a ticket worth $100,000. The EXTRA on Garcia Aguilar's tick...
Dec 14, 2020
Stantec Santa Bus offers holiday magic over the weekend
When life serves you lemons, you make lemonade.That's exactly what Santa Claus and the City of Red Deer did again Saturday for the first-ever Stantec Santa Bus.Since young Red Deerians could not visit...
Dec 14, 2020
Local shopping initiative helping Red Deer Christmas Bureau
Local businesses are banding together this holiday season to help promote shopping close to home while at the same time raising money for the Red Deer Christmas Bureau. #BetterTogether was created to ...
Dec 14, 2020
Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump's staunchest allies, is resigning amid lingering tension with the president over the president's baseless claims of election f...
Dec 14, 2020
Community Resource Navigation Team helping families affected by pandemic
A helping hand is being extended to local families left feeling isolated by COVID-19.Family Services of Central Alberta (FSCA) recently launched its Community Resource Navigation Team to support area ...
Dec 14, 2020
Underdog Montreal Impact in for tough test against Honduran club CD Olimpia
Preparing to play has looked a little different for the Montreal Impact over the past few weeks. Instead of running on-field drills and refining tactics with teammates ahead of Tuesday's CONCACAF Cham...
Dec 14, 2020
US COVID-19 deaths top 300,000 just as vaccinations begin
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 300,000 Monday just as the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots in a monumental campaign to conquer the outbreak. The number of dead rivals the popul...
Dec 14, 2020