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Cleaning headstones at Lacombe's Fairview Cemetery a "remarkable" experience
Thanks to the City of Lacombe's Perpetual Care Trust Fund, Fairview Cemetery was given a little TLC on Friday.Around 15 volunteers and a handful of City Parks staff came out to help clean headstones, ...
Aug 22, 2020

Quebec issues provincewide street check guidelines; rights groups raise concerns
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has issued provincewide guidelines to police forces regarding street checks, but the policy is raising concerns from various rights groups. Quebec's Public Security De...
Aug 22, 2020

Many thousands raised for The Mustard Seed during first Amazing (Car) Race
The Mustard Seed in Red Deer will benefit from thousands of dollars raised this weekend through the first ever Amazing (Car) Race.The event took place Saturday, with 20 teams departing the Westerner P...
Aug 22, 2020

Talks needed on decriminalizing hard drugs to address opioid crisis, Tam says
OTTAWA - Canada's chief health officer says Canadians should be "seized" with the crisis of rising deaths from opioid use, and she suggests decriminalizing hard drugs should be part of ...
Aug 22, 2020

Raptors head coach Nick Nurse named NBA coach of the year
Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has been named the NBA coach of the year. The award was announced on TNT's pre-game show before the Milwaukee Bucks faced the Orlando Magic at the NBA's campus at...
Aug 22, 2020

Nova Scotia First Nation relieved after missing teen found safe; man in custody
ESKASONI, N.S. - The entire We'koqma'q Mi'kmaq First Nation in Nova Scotia is breathing a sigh of relief, Chief Rod Googoo said Saturday, after an Indigenous girl who had been miss...
Aug 22, 2020

Who are they? What do they want to do? A primer on the Conservative contenders
OTTAWA - On Sunday, the federal Conservative party will elect a new leader. There are four candidates vying to lead the party, which currently holds 121 seats in the House of Commons and ser...
Aug 22, 2020

'This shouldn't have happened:' Father attributes son's death to COVID-19 rules
INVERMAY, Sask. - People could always tell when Aaron Ogden entered a room. The 19-year-old had a big presence, said his father, Mark Ogden. He was a prankster, a one-of-a-kind character who would&nbs...
Aug 22, 2020

'This shouldn't have happened:' Father attributes son's death to COVID-19 rules
INVERMAY, Sask. - People could always tell when Aaron Ogden entered a room. The 19-year-old had a big presence, said his father, Mark Ogden. He was a prankster, a one-of-a-kind character who would&nbs...
Aug 22, 2020

Who are they? What do they want to do? A primer on the Conservative contenders
OTTAWA - On Sunday, the federal Conservative party will elect a new leader. There are four candidates vying to lead the party, which currently holds 121 seats in the House of Commons and ser...
Aug 22, 2020