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Cabinet approves $240M Mohawk settlement for 132-year-old land claim
OTTAWA - The federal cabinet has approved an agreement that will see Canada pay nearly $240 million in compensation to the Mohawks of Akwesasne to settle a land claim. The agreement is the result...
Mar 05, 2020
Red Deer cadet gets hands-on experience as a Cadet Official
Cadet Warrant Officer First Class (WO1) Connor Evans from 24 Red Deer joined cadets from across the country in Valcartier, Quebec as a cadet official for the National Cadet Biathlon Championship from ...
Mar 05, 2020 Connor Evans (Photo: Second Lieutenant Ann Simard, Unit Public Affairs Officer)
Local realtor tops in the world for Century 21
In 2018, Red Deer's Gavin Heintz was named Century 21's best-selling realtor in Canada.He followed up the next year by doing one better - becoming Century 21's number one producer in the world by unit...
Mar 05, 2020 Century 21 Advantage realtor Gavin Heintz of Red Deer was recently acknowledged as being the company's #1 producer in the world by units.
Column: Fear of unknown looms in sports as virus spreads
So far, at least, spring training ballparks are drawing good crowds and NBA and NHL arenas are mostly full. There's little sign of coronavirus panic among U.S. sports fans, even if the team store does...
Mar 05, 2020
Local stakeholders react to province's supervised consumption sites report
A growing risk to safety and increased needle debris are front and centre in the newly-released report on the social impacts of supervised consumption sites in Alberta.The report, which Associate Mini...
Mar 05, 2020 Red Deer's temporary overdose prevention site (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Democrats: Judge extends Tennessee voting in storm-hit area
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A judge has extended voting hours in a Nashville-area county after four Democratic presidential candidates sued to keep Super Tuesday polls open after tornado damage there, a Democrat...
Mar 05, 2020
Virus ripples through travel, energy, financial markets
The economic affects of the coronavirus have preceded the spread of the virus itself, with financial markets swinging wildly, companies closing offices or asking employees work from home in affected a...
Mar 05, 2020
Alberta reports first presumptive case of novel coronavirus
Alberta's chief medical officer of health has confirmed the province's first presumptive case of novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19.The individual is a woman in her fifties who lives in t...
Mar 05, 2020 The Grand Princess cruise ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge as it arrives from Hawaii in San Francisco Feb. 11, 2020. A Calgary area woman believed to have contracted novel coronavirus was aboard the ship and is now recovering at home. (Scott Strazzante/The Associated Press/San Francisco Chronicle)
Olds College, Assiniboine partner to examine prairie labour market needs
Olds College and Assiniboine Community College have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work cooperatively and collaborate to enhance agricultural and environmental programming to better mee...
Mar 05, 2020 Photo Caption: Dan Daley, Dean, School of Trades and Skills, Olds College, Debbie Thompson, Vice President, Academic and Student Experience, Olds College, Derrick Turner, Director of Advancement & External Relations, Assiniboine Community College, Tim Hore, Dean, School of Agriculture & Environment, Assiniboine Community College, and Stuart Cullum, President, Olds College.
Hausinger not letting up as WHL career nears end
After more than 300 games and a pair of stops in Red Deer, Cam Hausinger is coming to the end of his WHL career.The forward has played five years in the WHL, tallying over 150 points twice scoring 20 ...
Mar 05, 2020 (Photo: Rob Wallator)