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City, AHS differ over ongoing costs for vacant Valley Park Manor
The City of Red Deer and Alberta Health Services (AHS) are at odds over what exactly it's costing to let Valley Park Manor sit empty.The former seniors' living facility, which is owned by AHS and loca...
Mar 06, 2020

Alberta's Bottcher tops Ontario's Epping 10-3 to lock up 1-2 Page berth at Brier
KINGSTON, Ont. - Alberta's Brendan Bottcher locked up a berth in the 1-2 Page playoff game at the Tim Hortons Brier with a 10-3 victory over Ontario's John Epping on Friday afternoon. Bottcher secured...
Mar 06, 2020

Austin officials cancel South by Southwest festival
AUSTIN, Texas - Austin city officials have cancelled the South by Southwest arts and technology festival. Mayor Steve Adler announced a local disaster as a precaution because of the threat of the nove...
Mar 06, 2020

Kenney says he agrees with survey urging end to daylight time
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says a large majority of Albertans recently surveyed want to end daylight time and he's in favour of it.About 90 per cent of 141,000 survey respondents said they wanted...
Mar 06, 2020

Police investigating shooting near Innisfail park
Innisfail RCMP are investigating a shooting incident that took place Friday morning.Police received a call at about 5 a.m. on March 6 for a shooting in the area of Cannon Park in the town's south end....
Mar 06, 2020 (Google Maps)

Rocky RCMP Report Feb 27 - Mar 5
This is a report released to the media from the Rocky Mountain House (RMH) RCMP giving a brief description of various crimes and call-ins, both solved and unsolved throughout the community between the...
Mar 06, 2020

Anger, confusion after city council’s vote on conversion therapy
A contentious vote this week by Red Deer city council over whether to get behind a ban on conversion therapy led to disappointment among members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community.Councillor Dianne Wy...
Mar 06, 2020 Alongside her dog Lyric, Shay Vanderschaeghe, a member of Red Deer's LGBTQ2S+ community, says a number of local city councillors showed their true colours during a debate last Monday on conversion therapy. (Supplied)

Rooftop firefighters raising funds for muscular dystrophy
Some local firefighters are once again going up, way up in support of a good cause. Four firefighters from Red Deer Emergency Services are perched on the roof of Station Three on Lees Street for their...
Mar 06, 2020 (Photo: rdnewsNOW/Dan Hermanutz)

Navy's aging warships getting harder to repair: Defence report
OTTAWA - An internal Defence Department study has found that the Royal Canadian Navy's maintenance facilities are having a harder time fixing Canada's warships because of staff shortages, lack of spar...
Mar 06, 2020

Bujold hopes to cap comeback from baby with trip to Tokyo Olympics
What would Mandy Bujold say to her daughter about chasing her dreams? When the Canadian boxer was weighing a possible return to the Olympic ring four years after Games heartbreak i...
Mar 06, 2020