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Jeff Petry scores twice, Montreal Canadiens trounce Vancouver Canucks 6-2
MONTREAL - He may be sitting among the NHL's top scoring defencemen, but Jeff Petry is keeping his focus simple - just do what it takes to win. The veteran Montreal Canadiens blue liner had another mu...
Feb 01, 2021

MLB players reject delay, vow to start season on time
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball players rejected a proposal to delay the start of spring training and the season due to the coronavirus pandemic, vowing Monday night to report under the original sche...
Feb 01, 2021

Two of three City mask bylaws extended to June 1
Council took another look at The City of Red Deer's face coverings bylaws on Monday.The matter was back on the agenda because the bylaws mandating the wearing of face coverings on Red Deer Transit and...
Feb 01, 2021

Red Deer Hospice Society launches community gift matching in February
Throughout the month of February, every gift made to the Red Deer Hospice Society will be matched by the Red Deer Twilight Homes Foundation (to a maximum of $10,000 from Twilight Homes, and a combined...
Feb 01, 2021

Canadian Bianca Andreescu withdraws from Australian Open tune-up tournament
Canadian Bianca Andreescu will skip this week's Grampians Trophy and instead return to action at the Australian Open. Andreescu was scheduled to return to the court for the first time in 15 months at ...
Feb 01, 2021

Tripping hazard: Protest penguins destroyed at Alberta legislature grounds
EDMONTON - A colony of 800 snow penguins was set up on the grounds of the Alberta legislature to send a strong message. But before student union representatives from Edmonton's two universities could ...
Feb 01, 2021

Alberta town asks province for stop-work order on coal exploration in Rocky Mountains
HIGH RIVER - An Alberta town in the Rocky Mountain foothills wants the provincial government to order a stop to increasingly controversial coal exploration in the region."Coal exploration is causing i...
Feb 01, 2021

Trial dates set for Innisfail councillor facing charges
A five-day trial is scheduled to take place next year for an Innisfail town councilor facing sexual assault-related charges.In Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench on Monday, defense lawyer Kevin Sproule i...
Feb 01, 2021

Sutter excited for Rebels' return to play
Not shockingly, Brent Sutter is ready to get back to playing hockey.The Western Hockey League announced Thursday that its five Alberta-based teams have been given clearance by the Alberta Government t...
Feb 01, 2021

Red Deer with 190 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta confirmed 355 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.That's out of 7,294 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of about 4.9 per cent.The number of active cases in the province is ...
Feb 01, 2021