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Town of Sylvan Lake working on cleanliness, parking issues at Marina Bay
The Town of Sylvan Lake is taking action to ensure one of its prominent lakefront areas is clean and enjoyable for residents and visitors alike. On June 8, local resident Phil Foreman brought his conc...
Jun 25, 2020
Sylvan Lake hotel set to become apartments
Sylvan Lake town council has given the go ahead for a waterfront hotel to be converted into apartments. Plans are for the building at 5312 Lakeshore Drive to go from being a 28-unit hotel to a 16-unit...
Jun 25, 2020
Council approves rezoning for women's emergency shelter expansion
Red Deer city council has unanimously approved an application from the Central Alberta Women's Emergency Shelter (CAWES) to rezone the land it currently occupies, as well as a portion of adjacent land...
Jun 25, 2020
City seeks municipal funding overhaul
The City of Red Deer says a new model for funding municipalities is needed for them to remain fiscally viable, especially now that they're struggling as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Council vote...
Jun 25, 2020
Dixie Chicks drop 'dixie' from name, now known as The Chicks
NASHVILLE - Grammy-winning country group The Dixie Chicks have dropped the word dixie from their name, now going by The Chicks. The band's social media accounts and website were changed on Thursday to...
Jun 25, 2020
‘Antebellum’ brings racial justice call to reopened theatres
NEW YORK - Back in March, filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz gathered their artist friends and a few journalists at Manhattan's members-only social club, Soho House, for a screening of their ...
Jun 25, 2020
Worth the Wait: Doug Wilson, Kevin Lowe finally get Hall of Fame call
TORONTO - Doug Wilson was in the pool playing with his grandkids when the phone rang. Lanny McDonald was on the other end of the line. Wilson passed it to his wife, Kathy, so she would be the fir...
Jun 25, 2020
Audit: US sent $1.4B in virus relief payments to dead people
WASHINGTON - A government watchdog says nearly 1.1 million relief payments totalling some $1.4 billion went to dead people in the government's coronavirus aid program. More than 130 million so-called ...
Jun 25, 2020
Bowing to Beijing would put 'an awful lot more Canadians' at risk, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Bowing to pressure from Beijing to secure the release of two Canadians would put "an awful lot more" citizens at risk by signalling Canada can be intimidated, Prime Minister Justin Trude...
Jun 25, 2020
Unilever to drop terms like 'whitening' from beauty products
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Consumer products giant Unilever said Thursday it is aiming for a "more inclusive vision of beauty" in its skin care products and will remove words such as "fair," "whitening"...
Jun 25, 2020