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Ford faces tough choices on COVID-19 restrictions as Ontario case count hits new high
OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford has some tough choices to make as he decides which businesses can reopen while the province reports a single-day record in new coronavirus cases. The province is pla...
Nov 03, 2020
NHL trailblazer Willie O'Ree looks back on journey: 'I felt like I could do anything'
Willie O'Ree was 14 or 15 years old when he broke through his first barrier. He didn't realize it at the time. He just wanted a haircut. Before becoming the NHL's first Black player, O'Ree asked a whi...
Nov 03, 2020
Kenney tells party-goers to ‘knock it off’ amid rising COVID-19 cases
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says it's time to "up our game" when it comes to COVID-19 by putting a lid on super-spreader house parties.Alberta reported a one-day record of 622 cases on Friday and hos...
Nov 03, 2020
Sylvan Lake Municipal Library adds new activities, time slots to existing programs
Sylvan Lake Municipal Library is reacting to a need in the Sylvan Lake community for activities for all ages. Out of the 21 programs on offer at Sylvan Lake Municipal Library, some offered on multiple...
Nov 03, 2020
Service of Remembrance at the Alberta Legislature
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the Honourable Nathan Cooper, will host a service of remembrance at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, to honour those who have lost their live...
Nov 03, 2020
Appeals court declines to ban drive-thru voting in Houston
NEW ORLEANS - A panel of federal appeals court judges has rejected an eleventh hour Republican effort to bar Election Day drive-thru voting in Houston. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orl...
Nov 03, 2020
Send an encouraging message to a friend this month
For the month of November, SPARC Red Deer is encouraging all Canadians to "Say It Forward" and send an encouraging message to a friend! As winter approaches, people are experiencing isolation, lonelin...
Nov 03, 2020
Market debut of Chinese e-finance giant Ant postponed
HONG KONG - The planned stock market debut of the world's biggest online finance company, Ant Financial was suspended in Shanghai and Hong Kong, disrupting a record-setting $34.5 billion initial publi...
Nov 03, 2020
O'Toole calls for pause on CRA audits for businesses struggling due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is calling for the Liberals to put a pause on federal audits of small businesses hit hard by COVID-19. He says too many small and medium-sized businesses are ...
Nov 03, 2020
'Vote and get home': Anxious voters say on Election Day
She carefully planned a five-hour drive to the polling place in her Tennessee hometown to vote on Election Day. She considered the traffic, the weather, the surging coronavirus pandemic and - somethin...
Nov 03, 2020