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City council on track to mandate face coverings in public spaces
Red Deer city council took a big step Monday night toward passing a bylaw making face coverings mandatory in all public spaces.Council unanimously gave first and second readings to the bylaw that woul...
Nov 16, 2020

SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX's newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring. The Dragon capsule pulled up and docked late...
Nov 16, 2020

Province keeps cutting red tape in its sights
The Alberta government is proposing 12 changes across eight ministries that it says will save money and time for job creators.Bill 48, the Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2) is aimed ...
Nov 16, 2020

Minister Dreeshen touts Results Driven Agriculture Research
It's a new era for agriculture research in Alberta. Over the last year we organized 17 consultation stops to speak directly with Albertans about their vision for agriculture research in the province. ...
Nov 16, 2020

Huawei selling Honor phone brand in face of US sanctions
BEIJING - Chinese tech giant Huawei is selling its budget-price Honor smartphone brand in an effort to rescue the struggling business from damaging U.S. sanctions imposed on its parent company. The mo...
Nov 16, 2020

Iowa governor orders limited mask mandate, new restrictions
IOWA CITY, Iowa - With Iowa hospitals filling up, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds dropped her longtime opposition to a statewide mask mandate and enacted a limited version of one on Monday. Reynolds sign...
Nov 16, 2020

Alberta facing 'exponential growth' of COVID-19 cases: top doctor
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province is at a dangerous plateau, with almost 3,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last three days, 20 new deaths and overwhelmed contact tra...
Nov 16, 2020

Murder trial begins for mother accused of beating daughter with belt, spatula
EDMONTON - Shalaina Arcand's siblings were asleep in another room when the five-year-old was hit in the head so hard that she died in hospital four days later, a trial judge heard Monday. The girl's m...
Nov 16, 2020

Active COVID-19 cases in Red Deer up to 116
Red Deer now has 116 active cases of COVID-19 as the province surged past the 10,000 mark on Monday. The number marks a new record for the city and an increase of 22 from Friday.Red Deer has seen 217 ...
Nov 16, 2020

Manitoba reserve on lockdown after all residents at care home infected with COVID-19
WINNIPEG - Every resident of a long-term care home on a northern Manitoba reserve where the number of infections almost doubled in a day has tested positive for COVID-19, says the Indigenous community...
Nov 16, 2020