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Red Deer recreation facilities to reopen in phases
The City of Red Deer plans to reopen recreation facilities and amenities as soon as is operationally possible. "These openings will be a phased series of re-openings in the coming days and weeks," May...
Jun 10, 2020
Tigers draft Arizona State slugger Torkelson with No. 1 pick
NEW YORK - The Detroit Tigers selected Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson with the No. 1 pick Wednesday night in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. The baseball-bashing Torkelson played fir...
Jun 10, 2020
AUPE members informed of job cuts, reduced hours at RDC
Officials with the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) have announced member staffing cuts at Red Deer College.In a release, the AUPE says workers at RDC were told earlier this week that some...
Jun 10, 2020
Alberta sees 47 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, none in Red Deer
Alberta recorded 47 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. There have been 6,754 recoveries and there are currently 371 active cases. The total number of cases in the province is 7,276.There are 42 Alber...
Jun 10, 2020
Bayern beats Frankfurt in cup semi, still targeting double
MUNICH - Robert Lewandowski scored the winning goal, with some help from Canadian left back Alphonso Davies, as Bayern Munich beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 Wednesday to reach the German Cup final,...
Jun 10, 2020
All eight CPL teams back training after FC Edmonton gets green light to practise
All eight Canadian Premier League teams will be back training Thursday in the wake of FC Edmonton getting the green light from local government and health authorities, Edmonton will begin volunta...
Jun 10, 2020
Province aims to have students back in classrooms in September
Alberta wants to see students back in the classroom in September, says the province's education minister."Near-normal operations will resume and students will return to daily in-school classes with so...
Jun 10, 2020
Feds won't release report on carbon tax costs for grain dryers on prairies
OTTAWA - The federal government will not release the data it relied on to decide against exempting fuels used in grain dryers from the national price on pollution. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bi...
Jun 10, 2020
COVID-19 highlights need for better treatment of migrant labour, advocates say
OTTAWA - Migrant-rights advocates say the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that labourers in Canada can no longer be treated like "throwaway people" as they have been in the past. Asylum-seekers working in...
Jun 10, 2020
Montreal Canadiens owner Geoff Molson gives GM Marc Bergevin vote of confidence
Geoff Molson fielded questions from all angles in French and English for 90 minutes Wednesday. The topics lobbed at the Montreal Canadiens' owner, president and chief executive off...
Jun 10, 2020