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Japan confirms 12 Canadians on cruise ship infected with novel coronavirus
OTTAWA - Japanese authorities might soon allow people quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship near Tokyo, where 12 Canadians have contracted the novel coronavirus, to disembark and fi...
Feb 15, 2020

Federal Indigenous services minister meets First Nation at rail blockade
TYENDINAGA, Ont. - The federal Indigenous services minister arrived for a meeting today with representatives of the Mohawk Nation to discuss a rail blockade that has shut down rail services across Eas...
Feb 15, 2020

McLaren Racing headlines Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame induction
TORONTO - Racing legend Johnny Rutherford believes it was only a matter of time before McLaren Racing would be honoured by the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame. Since coming to life in 1966,...
Feb 15, 2020

New Zealand teenager Robinson wins GS in absence of Shiffrin
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia - New Zealand teenager Alice Robinson crowned her breakthrough season in the World Cup with a second career victory on Saturday. Robinson, who turned 18 in December, overtook f...
Feb 15, 2020

Penhold celebrates its firefighters
Penhold Firefighers were honoured at this week's town council meeting. Warren Kitteringham was recognized for doing ongoing repairs and maintenance on the Fire Hall and equipment. Kitteringham, who is...
Feb 15, 2020 Shawn Flight is Penhold's Firefighter of the Year (Photo: Town of Penhold)

Supreme Court of Canada to examine solitary confinement in federal prisons
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will revisit provincial court rulings that declared federal provisions on the solitary confinement of prisoners to be unconstitutional - a...
Feb 15, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural-gas pipeline project in British Columbia: Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau has responded to the shutdown of all tran...
Feb 15, 2020

Budget watchdog slashes economic growth projections, partly blames coronavirus
OTTAWA - Canada's economy slowed "sharply" in the final quarter of 2019, the parliamentary budget office said Thursday in its February economic and fiscal report. And the new coronavirus outbreak...
Feb 15, 2020

Desmond inquiry judge says Veterans Affairs did not share key information
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - The judge overseeing an inquiry into a triple-murder and suicide carried out by an Afghanistan war veteran says Lionel Desmond faced a large gap in treatment for a s...
Feb 15, 2020

Applications now open for FCSS Funding
The Red Deer & District Family & Community Support Services (FCSS) Board is now accepting funding applications for preventative social programs.School boards, municipalities and non-profits in...
Feb 15, 2020