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Red Deer County tables 2020 budgets for public input
Red Deer County residents could see a tax rate increase for the first time in several years in 2020. The County has tabled the 2020-22 Operating Expenditures and 2020-2024 Capital Projects documents f...
Dec 03, 2019
Red Deer city council tables Police Review
Red Deer city council will decide in the New Year whether to continue having RCMP provide policing services to the community or make the move to a Municipal Police Service (MPS).A day-long special mee...
Dec 03, 2019
No new trial for men who killed Castor family
CALGARY - There will not be a new trial for two men convicted in the triple murder of a central Alberta family six years ago.In February 2018, Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank were sentenced to life with ...
Dec 03, 2019 Sandra, Gordon and Monica Klaus (Facebook photos)
Ombudsman works to ensure fair treatment for Albertans
Every Albertan has the right to be treated fairly when receiving public services. Otherwise, you can turn to the Alberta Ombudsman for help.The Alberta Ombudsman is an independent Officer of the Legis...
Dec 03, 2019 Marianne Ryan is the Alberta Ombudsman (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)
Correction: Plane Crash-South Dakota story
In a story Dec. 1 about a South Dakota plane crash that killed nine people, The Associated Press reported the wrong last name for one of the victims. He is Kyle Naylor, not Kyle Taylor. A corrected ve...
Dec 03, 2019
‘Thanksgiving antics’ NC elk gets tangled up in red hammock
MAGGIE VALLEY, N.C. - An elk is running around western North Carolina with a shredded hammock on its head, and apparently a love of apples is to blame. News outlets report Jim Beaver told the Haywood ...
Dec 03, 2019
Jimmy Carter hospitalized for urinary tract infection
AMERICUS, Ga. - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was admitted to a south Georgia hospital over the weekend for treatment of a urinary tract infection, a spokeswoman said Monday. Deanna Congileo, a s...
Dec 03, 2019
Prince Andrew’s accuser asks UK public for support
LONDON - Prince Andrew suffered fresh scrutiny Monday night when the woman who says she was a trafficking victim made to have sex with him when she was 17 asked the British public to support her quest...
Dec 03, 2019
Finland’s prime minister resigns over postal service dispute
HELSINKI - Finland's prime minister resigned Tuesday after a key coalition partner withdrew its support from his five-party government following a strike at the country's postal service that spread to...
Dec 03, 2019
Mississippi residents protest pothole with holiday decor
MCCOMB, Miss. - Residents of a Mississippi city are protesting a large pothole in their neighbourhood by decorating it with holiday cheer. The Enterprise-Journal reports residents of McComb's Edgewood...
Dec 03, 2019