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Salvation Army aims high with $250,000 Christmas Kettle goal
The Salvation Army's annual Christmas Kettle Campaign begins Nov. 12, and officials hope to raise $250,000 to help Red Deer's most vulnerable. Donations support the organization's year-round programs ...
Nov 11, 2021

Toronto Argonauts can cement top spot in East Division with home win over Tiger-Cats
This is pretty much how Ryan Dinwiddie saw his first regular season as a CFL head coach winding down. The Toronto Argonauts (8-4) host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7-5) on Friday night at BMO Field. The A...
Nov 11, 2021

City installing Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacons for better pedestrian safety
Officials with the City of Red Deer say the organization is improving pedestrian safety by installing Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacons or RRFB's in five new locations this month. Between Nov. 10-26, cr...
Nov 11, 2021

Under John Herdman, the Canadian men's team has become a winning band of brothers
John Herdman inherited a men's team ranked 94th in the world when he took over from the fired Octavio Zambrano in January 2018. And the extent of the challenge facing him became clear at his first cam...
Nov 11, 2021

AHS offering online prenatal classes to support new parents
Expectant parents are encouraged to start planning now for their journey from pregnancy to delivery and the arrival of their newborn. Growing Your Baby: What to Eat During Pregnancy? is a free online ...
Nov 11, 2021

Ottawa doctor pleads for help from the prime minister after death threat
OTTAWA - An Ottawa family doctor who organized mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics earlier this year has received a death threat and she is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do more to protect hea...
Nov 11, 2021

Struggling B.C. Lions still control their playoff destiny: coach
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions know what's at stake this week - win and the team's faint playoff hopes glimmer on, lose and they'll officially be snuffed out. "I don't have to be a salesman on this one, I...
Nov 11, 2021

Court temporarily delays release of Trump's Jan. 6 records
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of records sought by a U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection as the court considers an emergency requ...
Nov 11, 2021

Afghan refugees in GTA frustrated by multiple, abrupt moves between hotels
TORONTO - Sayed Enaiatullah Najafizada and his wife are frustrated. The Afghan refugees are facing the prospect of being moved between hotels in the Greater Toronto Area for the fourth time since arri...
Nov 11, 2021

Hajdu looking at 'realistic timeline' to end First Nations boil-water advisories
OTTAWA - Canada's new minister of Indigenous services says she's considering what the new timeline should be to lift remaining long-term drinking-water advisories on First Nations. Patty Hajdu enters ...
Nov 11, 2021