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Sylvan Lake Municipal Library asks for community input
SYLVAN LAKE- From 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 26, the Sylvan Lake Municipal Library is hosting a drop-in event to update its Plan of Service, a document that lays out the guiding principles for...
Feb 12, 2020
Fountain Tire's 3 Stars of the Red Deer Community
RED DEER- Three Red Deerians were named stars of the community this week for their above-and-beyond efforts to make our city a better place. Carl Hogan, Garrett Gouchey and Tristan Johnson were nomina...
Feb 12, 2020 Photo: Carl Hogan (left), Tristan Johnson and Garret Gouchey were honoured by Fountain tire as stars of the community at the February 8 Red Deer Rebels game. Photo courtesy WHL.
Kenney: Coastal Gas Link blockades a 'dress rehearsal' for future project fights
CALGARY- Premier Jason Kenney says he's concerned blockades in support of First Nations opponents to a northern British Columbia natural gas pipeline are a ``dress rehearsal'' for opposition to future...
Feb 12, 2020
More businesses reopen in China, but many people stay home
BEIJING - More offices and stores in Beijing and other parts of China finally reopened Monday after the Lunar New Year break was extended to discourage travel and contain the new coronavirus, but many...
Feb 12, 2020
Trump's $4.8 trillion budget proposal revisits rejected cuts
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan on Monday that recycles deep, previously rejected cuts to domestic programs like food stamps, Medicaid, and housi...
Feb 12, 2020
Trial team quits Roger Stone case in dispute over sentence
WASHINGTON - The four lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone quit the case after the Justice Department overruled them and said it would take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time i...
Feb 12, 2020
Sanders edges Buttigieg in NH, giving Dems 2 front-runners
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire's presidential primary, edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party's chaotic 2020 nomination f...
Feb 12, 2020
Wetaskiwin RCMP charge three after police vehicle rammed
WETASKIWIN- RCMP located a stolen truck in the Wetaskiwin area shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday.The truck was surveilled throughout the Maskwacis area into Leduc and was observed to be stopped at a gas...
Feb 12, 2020
Freight and passenger railways under stress as anti-pipeline blockades continue
The RCMP has formally ended its enforcement operations in a region of northern B.C. that's at the centre of a pipeline dispute as protests across the country continue to cause disruptio...
Feb 12, 2020
Formula One's Chinese Grand Prix postponed due to virus
LONDON - Formula One's governing body on Wednesday postponed the Chinese Grand Prix that was due to be staged in Shanghai in April, the latest sporting event impacted by the fast-spreading viral infec...
Feb 12, 2020