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Red Deer city council approves property and Business Improvement Area tax rates
Red Deer city council approved their annual property and Business Improvement Area (BIA) tax rate bylaws at their meeting on Monday. Council is required to pass a tax rate bylaw when a property tax re...
Apr 17, 2024
License cap removed under Red Deer's urban Chicken Bylaw
If dogs and cats are not your thing, you can now consider getting some chickens in Red Deer. City council gave second and third reading on Monday various amendments to their Chicken Bylaw, removing th...
Apr 17, 2024
Too early for conclusions on integrity of last two elections, MP Chong tells inquiry
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michael Chong is urging a federal inquiry to refrain from making final conclusions about the integrity of the last two general elections, saying it is too early to do so. The ...
Apr 17, 2024
Ottawa must revisit assisted dying for Alzheimer's, dementia patients: advocates
OTTAWA - Now is the time to urge Ottawa that people with disorders such as Alzheimer's and dementia should be able to request medical assistance in dying before their cognitive decline, says the CEO o...
Apr 17, 2024
Schumer says he'll move to end Mayorkas' impeachment trial in the Senate as soon as it begins
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that he will move to dismiss impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a move that would end the...
Apr 17, 2024
Raptors backup centre Jontay Porter gets lifetime ban from NBA
TORONTO - The NBA has banned Jontay Porter for life games after completing an investigation into gambling allegations against the former Toronto Raptors' two-way player. A league investigation found t...
Apr 17, 2024
In rare move, House to admonish private citizen for contempt in ArriveCan testimony
OTTAWA - The House of Commons is preparing to admonish a private citizen today for the first time in more than 100 years. It's just the latest example of ArriveCan fallout as MPs point fingers over th...
Apr 17, 2024
Red Deerian and Town of Innisfail lauded for commitment to seniors
For one Innisfail senior, recently the recipient of a prestigious provincial award recognizing her community service, it's all been about her desire to help people.The 2023 Minister's Seniors Service ...
Apr 17, 2024
Tories accuse minister of 'politicizing' Governor General's office over online harms
OTTAWA - A spokeswoman for Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she will continue to advocate for "digital respect," despite suggestions it's inappropriate for her to wade in when a government bill addressing th...
Apr 17, 2024
10 years in U.S. prison for Canadian man who stole millions with fake psychic fraud
MONTREAL - A former Montreal resident has been sentenced to 10 years in a United States federal prison for a multi-decade fraud that manipulated more than one million Americans into sending money to f...
Apr 17, 2024