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Running for Conservative leadership not about ticking boxes: Leslyn Lewis
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis is the only woman in the race, the only immigrant, the only visible minority. Though she could seize on those qualities to differentiate he...
Jun 02, 2020
Turnbull hopes hockey helmet-sticker fundraiser helps heal home province
Blayre Turnbull knows how it feels to lose a parent at a young age. Her mother died of cancer when she was a teenager. So the Canadian women's hockey team forward wanted to help childre...
Jun 02, 2020
Liberals to ask MPs to OK $87 billion in new spending, fuelled by pandemic aid
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are asking parliamentarians to approve $60 billion in spending on a key COVID-19 emergency benefit for workers. The Liberals had expected the Canada Emergency Response Be...
Jun 02, 2020
Ontario mulls collection of race-based COVID-19 data; some argue it's essential
TORONTO - The importance of understanding the role race might play in the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted Ontario to look at regulatory changes to make collection of such data provincewide, the governm...
Jun 02, 2020
City of Red Deer suspends production of 2020 fall Activity Guide
Due to the ongoing uncertainly regarding COVID-19, and unknown health restrictions that may be in place over the coming months, The City of Red Deer says it has made the "difficult decision to suspend...
Jun 02, 2020
Appointments can now be booked for COVID-19 testing
RED DEER - All Albertans are now eligible for COVID-19 testing, whether experiencing symptoms, or not.Offered by appointment and free-of-charge at six Alberta Health Services assessment centre locatio...
Jun 02, 2020
Fredette presents risk to public safety, correctional documents suggest
ST-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man found guilty of two murders poses a high risk to public safety as well as a risk of evading authorities, correctional documents filed at his sentencing hearing suggest. ...
Jun 02, 2020
Vandals hit multiple sites in Sylvan Lake
RCMP in Sylvan Lake are seeking the public's help in identifying suspects who are believed to be involved in no less than six different incidents of vandalism throughout town.On May 29, Mounties recei...
Jun 02, 2020
Heavy rains force Market on Main back to Main St.
On May 12, Rocky Mountain House Town Council decided that they would be going ahead with Market on Main, but would have it at the Oval Track on Curtis Field, heavy rains last week have forced administ...
Jun 02, 2020
Concerns raised over provincial government plans for victims of crime fund
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Police Based Victim Service Association (APBVSA) is raising some issues on changes being proposed by the provincial government.President Alf Rudd says Bill 16 - Victims of...
Jun 02, 2020