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Coules and Bett named Athletes of the Week
A pair of local soccer players have been named this week's Red Deer College Athletics Bedford Food Company Athletes of the Week. Alisha Coules was said to be outstanding on the Queens two-game road tr...
Sep 10, 2019 Red Deer College is very proud to announce Alisha Coules (Queens Soccer) and Kyle Bett (Kings Soccer) as the Bedford Food Company Athletes of the Week. (RDC Athletics)

Leclerc ends Ferrari's 9-year wait for Italian GP win
MONZA, Italy - Charles Leclerc hadn't even reached his teens the last time Ferrari won the Italian Grand Prix. Only a week after achieving a first Formula One victory in Spa, Leclerc ended the storied...
Sep 10, 2019

Ukraine: Director in prisoner swap backs jailed Russians
MINSK, Belarus - A Ukrainian film director included in a major prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia last week is speaking out for imprisoned Russians. Oleg Sentsov was freed after five years i...
Sep 10, 2019

Crews work to restore power and clear debris left in Dorian's wake
HALIFAX - Post-tropical storm Dorian may have departed Atlantic Canada but the scars it inflicted across the region with its hurricane strength wind gusts and torrential rain will take some time&...
Sep 10, 2019

Ex-SC Gov. Sanford adds name to GOP long shots against Trump
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, joined the Republican race against President Donald Trump on Sunday, aiming to put his Appalachian trail travails beh...
Sep 10, 2019

Suncor to spend $1.4B to replace coke-fired boilers
CALGARY- Suncor Energy says it will spend $1.4 billion to replace its coke-fired boilers with two cogeneration units at its oilsands base plant north of Fort McMurray.The company says the units will p...
Sep 10, 2019

Goodale and Sajjan to visit Halifax today to survey Dorian recovery efforts
HALIFAX - Two federal cabinet ministers will be in Halifax today to survey recovery efforts from the damaging hit by post-tropical storm Dorian over the weekend. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale w...
Sep 10, 2019

Favourable hiring climate anticipated for Red Deer
RED DEER- According to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey, Red Deer area employers expect a favourable hiring climate for the fourth quarter of 2019."Survey data reveals that 17% of em...
Sep 10, 2019

Atwood's 'The Testaments' returns to Gilead, with hype
LONDON - Margaret Atwood is often asked if her new novel "The Testaments," a follow-up to "The Handmaid's Tale," is set in a dystopian world. She says: "Let us hope so." Atwood says several U.S. state...
Sep 10, 2019

Doctors believe man who killed mom experienced cannabis-induced psychosis
EDMONTON- Court documents show that two doctors who assessed an Edmonton man after he killed his mother said they believed he was experiencing an acute cannabis-induced psychosis.Jason Glenn Dickout, ...
Sep 10, 2019 Edmonton Courthouse