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Valentino closes Milan Fashion Week with lush live show
MILAN - It's been a season of disruption at Milan Fashion Week. The hybrid live-virtual formula meant anyone from their homes could watch delightful videos like Moschino's marionette fashion show, cre...
Sep 27, 2020
Two families displaced by north end fire on Sunday
Two families have been displaced from their homes in Red Deer's Kentwood neighbourhood following a fire that started Sunday morning.Red Deer Emergency Services Assistant Deputy Chief Matt White says c...
Sep 27, 2020
Longtime Red Deer city manager honoured by AUMA
The former longtime city manager at The City of Red Deer received recognition during this week's annual convention of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA).Craig Curtis was presented, vi...
Sep 27, 2020
Handball rule draws widespread ire in penalty-dominated EPL
Jose Mourinho had seen enough. The fulltime whistle had yet to be blown but the Tottenham manager stormed down the tunnel - his head down and hands in his pockets - after seeing his team fall foul of ...
Sep 27, 2020
New art piece in Lacombe acknowledges roots of the land and reconciliation
A new art piece in Lacombe will hopefully be seen as a gesture of reconciliation, an official with the municipality says.'Miweyihtowin' -- meaning 'affinity for one another' -- was unveiled Saturday d...
Sep 27, 2020
Parliament Hill security increased after reports of harassment
OTTAWA - The security service charged with protecting Parliament Hill says it is stepping up its presence in the area following several recent reports of harassment. The Parliamentary Protective Servi...
Sep 27, 2020
$7 million saved in City of Red Deer restructuring
The City of Red Deer has instituted a revamped organizational structure that, in the end, will save the municipality around $7 million.Effective Oct. 1, The City will reduce the number of divisions re...
Sep 27, 2020
Red Deer backs AUMA resolution asking for help with financial sustainability
The City of Red Deer seconded one resolution at this year's annual conference of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA).The resolution put forward by The City of Edmonton, which was adopt...
Sep 27, 2020
Alexie, Pilkey books among most 'challenged' of past decade
NEW YORK - Toni Morrison is on the list. So are John Green and Harper Lee. And John Steinbeck and Margaret Atwood. All wrote books that were among the 100 most subjected to censorship efforts over the...
Sep 27, 2020
Visits suspended at federal prisons in Quebec to prevent potential COVID spread
MONTREAL - The Correctional Service of Canada says it is suspending visits to federal prisons in Quebec to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19. The agency says temporary absences and wo...
Sep 27, 2020