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The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 2:35 p.m. Two more Manitobans have died after testing positive for COVID-19, bringing that total to 18 in the province. The prov...
Sep 21, 2020
Attempted murder charge dropped in downtown machete attack
Qt's 60 days in jail satisfied by time served for a man from the O'Chiese First Nation charged in an alleged machete attack in downtown Red Deer last year while out on bail for a homicide case.Quentin...
Sep 21, 2020
Arctic sea ice at second-lowest level in satellite record: scientists
Satellite pictures show Arctic sea ice is at its second-lowest level in more than four decades. And scientists say they believe the defining feature of life in northern waters could shrink e...
Sep 21, 2020
Public Healthy Agency of Canada gets new president as current one steps down
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is getting a new president as the country heads into the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tapped Iain Stewart, curren...
Sep 21, 2020
AP Source: Broncos lose receiver Courtland Sutton for season
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Broncos star receiver Courtland Sutton will miss the rest of the season after tearing his left ACL in Denver's 26-21 loss at Pittsburgh on Sunday, a person with knowledge of the sit...
Sep 21, 2020
Federal, provincial battle over carbon tax goes before Supreme Court this week
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's carbon tax is going on trial Tuesday. The Supreme Court of Canada is set to hear appeals in three separate cases to determine if the federal carbon-tax legisla...
Sep 21, 2020
RDC, Olds College getting provincial funding for tech equipment & research
Students attending technology-related programs at Red Deer College, SAIT, and Olds College will soon have new state-of-the-art equipment to work with.Minister of Jobs, Economy, and Innovation Doug Sch...
Sep 21, 2020
Students adapting well to "new" school year
The principal at West Central High School in Rocky Mountain House says "students have been great" since the start of the new school year. Under rules set by the province to limit the spread of COVID-1...
Sep 21, 2020
Warrant alleges N.S. mass killer's prior violence against family, growing paranoia
HALIFAX - Court documents released today describe the violence a Nova Scotia mass killer inflicted on his father years before his rampage as well as the gunman's growing paran...
Sep 21, 2020
Explosion reported north of Rocky remains a mystery
The source of an explosion that had ears ringing north of Rocky Mountain House late last week remains a mystery. It was last Thursday at around 2 p.m. when Clearwater Regional Fire Rescue Services rec...
Sep 21, 2020