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A rusty Giuliani returns to the courtroom on Trump's behalf
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Rudy Giuliani, representing a client inside a courtroom for the first time in nearly three decades, showed some rust as he tried to make the case that President Donald Trump has be...
Nov 18, 2020

Biden approaches 80 million votes in historic victory
President-elect Joe Biden's winning tally is approaching a record 80 million votes as Democratic bastions continue to count ballots and the 2020 election cracks turnout records. Biden has already set ...
Nov 18, 2020

Catholics divided as bishops examine Biden's abortion stance
Catholics split almost evenly in supporting Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the presidential election. Now they're sharply divided over a declaration by the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop...
Nov 18, 2020

GOP increasingly accepts Trump's defeat - but not in public
WASHINGTON - When Kamala Harris returned to the Senate this week for the first time as vice-president-elect, her Republican colleagues offered their congratulations and Sen. Lindsey Graham greeted her...
Nov 18, 2020

Drilling forecast calls for 14% rebound in 2021 from depths of 2020 activity
CALGARY - The organization that represents Canadian drilling contractors is forecasting a 14 per cent increase in the number of oil and gas wells to be drilled in Canada in 2021 compared with the hist...
Nov 18, 2020

Red Deer RCMP recognizes Family Violence Prevention Month
November is Family Violence Prevention Month in Alberta, and Red Deer RCMP would like to take the opportunity to increase awareness of the issue, and the resources available to end family violence.Sin...
Nov 18, 2020

RCMP needs structural changes to address racism: MMIWG commissioner
OTTAWA - A commissioner who served on the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls says top-down attitudes and the centralized structure of the RCMP are leading to racist practices...
Nov 18, 2020

Hinshaw asks Albertans to 'do their part' to tackle COVID-19 spread
Dr. Deena Hinshaw has laid out how Alberta's health system is handling the rise in COVID-19 cases and preparing for it to continue.But the province's chief medical officer of health said there are con...
Nov 18, 2020

Snowfall warnings for Red Deer and surrounding areas
The snowfall warning ended at 9:23 a.m. Thursday.=== You'll likely be putting your snow gear to use on Thursday. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for a large swath of central and west ...
Nov 18, 2020

Toronto school staff member dies of COVID-19
TORONTO - An education worker at a Toronto school has died from COVID-19. The child and youth worker was employed with the Toronto Catholic District School Board at the St. Francis De Sales School, of...
Nov 18, 2020