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Canadian men shift first World Cup qualifying home game to Orlando due to pandemic
The Canadian men's soccer team will join the Raptors and Blue Jays in Florida next month. Canada Soccer announced Tuesday that Canada, ranked 73rd in the world, will shift its first home game in World...
Feb 23, 2021

Injuries avoided thanks to working smoke alarms at Penhold home
No one was injured after fire broke out at a home in Penhold last weekend.It was at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Saturday when Penhold Volunteer Fire Department crews were called out to a reported struc...
Feb 23, 2021

Board leaders of Texas' grid operator resign after outages
AUSTIN, Texas - Four board leaders of Texas' embattled power grid operator said Tuesday they will resign following outrage over more than 4 million customers losing power during a deadly winter freeze...
Feb 23, 2021

Canada, Australia agree to co-ordinate efforts on regulation of online platforms
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison have agreed to continue "co-ordinating efforts" to ensure the revenues of web giants are shared more fairly with creators and medi...
Feb 23, 2021

MP Dreeshen tables petition on carbon tax and clean fuel standard
Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen has tabled a petition in the House of Commons calling on the Liberal government to exempt all direct and indirect input costs that the Carbon Tax imposes on far...
Feb 23, 2021

No charges against officers involved in Daniel Prude's death
Police officers shown on body camera video holding Daniel Prude down naked and handcuffed on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing will not face criminal charges, according to a grand j...
Feb 23, 2021

Black history teaching in Alberta comes up short, advocates say
There is significant room for growth in teaching Black history within Alberta schools.That's the prevailing thought discovered after speaking with several people, younger and older, about how Black hi...
Feb 23, 2021

Arguments being made for Alberta's constitutional challenge of Bill C-69
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is in court this week to argue that a federal law prohibits Alberta from being in control of its own natural resources.Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act, re...
Feb 23, 2021

Red Deer crime rates trended down in 2020
The city's top cop says 2020 certainly was a challenging year for Red Deer RCMP. Supt. Gerald Grobmeier, officer in charge of the detachment, says COVID-19 changed how they deliver policing service in...
Feb 23, 2021

Desmond inquiry: psychiatrist says stressors caused relapses for soldier with PTSD
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The psychiatrist who diagnosed Cpl. Lionel Desmond with post-traumatic stress disorder in 2011 told a fatality inquiry Tuesday that the soldier had great difficulty dealing wit...
Feb 23, 2021