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Harvest continues despite recent wet weather
Despite recent rain showers throughout central Alberta last week, local producers were still able to harvest an additional 20 per cent of acres. According to the latest crop report from Alberta Agricu...
Sep 17, 2021
41st annual Terry Fox Run once again goes virtual this weekend
The 41st annual Terry Fox Run is this Sunday, Sept. 19, and once again it will be held virtually due to the pandemic.The run is held annually in support of cancer research and pays tribute to Canadian...
Sep 17, 2021
Red Deer hits 50 deaths as Alberta adds 2,020 new cases of COVID-19
Red Deer now sits at 680 active cases of COVID-19, up 86 from Thursday, and up from 495 a week ago. That's the highest active caseload in the city since May 16. The city peaked at 911 active cases on ...
Sep 17, 2021
Charges laid in fatal Red Deer pedestrian collision
Red Deer RCMP have now laid charges following an investigation into a fatal motor vehicle collision this week that claimed the life of a pedestrian.Melvin Will, 83, of Red Deer, has been charged with ...
Sep 17, 2021
Police make arrest in Elnora after investigation spanning three days
A Lloydminster man faces several criminal charges after an incident that wound up in central Alberta earlier this week.It was the early afternoon of Sept. 12, RCMP say, when a Dodge Ram pick-up truck ...
Sep 17, 2021
Tenacious Belgium immigrant pioneered Canada's mussel industry in the 1970s
CHARLOTTETOWN - When Joe Van Den Bremt first floated the idea of producing cultured mussels on P.E.I. in the 1970s, the local fishermen laughed at him. "They were all telling me, 'We use that stuff fo...
Sep 17, 2021
Montreal Alouettes face B.C. Lions minus head coach Khari Jones in COVID-19 isolation
MONTREAL - With head coach Khari Jones in COVID-19 isolation, the Montreal Alouettes' play-calling Saturday will be by committee led by Andre Bolduc. The Alouettes (2-2) are at home to the B.C. Lions ...
Sep 17, 2021
Veteran TFC fullback Justin Morrow looks to keep making a difference post-soccer
TORONTO - Justin Morrow cost Toronto FC some US$100,000 in allocation money when he came over in a December 2013 trade with the San Jose Earthquakes. Back then, it was a fair chunk of change - a sourc...
Sep 17, 2021
Conservative dropped as candidate over tweets says she is still the Tory choice
OTTAWA - A Conservative candidate dropped by the party over Islamophobic tweets she claims were faked says she is still running as the "confirmed" Tory candidate in the Toronto riding. The Tories dump...
Sep 17, 2021
Kane says he didn't know in 2010 about assault allegations
CHICAGO - Blackhawks star Patrick Kane said Friday he has participated in the investigation into allegations that a then-assistant coach sexually assaulted two players in 2010, adding that he did not ...
Sep 17, 2021