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Red Deer down to 5 active COVID-19 cases, Alberta adds 14
Red Deer is down to five active cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday.The number of recoveries in the city is - correspondingly - up one to 105 as the total number of cases in Red Deer remains 110. Red Dee...
Oct 01, 2020
Canadian linebacker Ogbongbemiga off to solid start with Oklahoma State Cowboys squad
The other Canadian starter on Oklahoma State University's football squad is off to solid start. Chuba Hubbard, a running back from Sherwood Park, Alta., garnered plenty of headlines at OSU last year a...
Oct 01, 2020
Red Deer RCMP bust north end chop shop
A 37-year-old man faces a list of charges after Red Deer RCMP raided a "chop shop" last month in the city's north end. Throughout September, the Red Deer RCMP's Crime Reduction Team (CRT) conducted a ...
Oct 01, 2020
Hong Kong police arrest 60 for protesting on China holiday
Hong Kong police arrested at least 60 people on suspicion of unauthorized assembly on China's National Day holiday Thursday after crowds gathered on the streets of a popular shopping district chanting...
Oct 01, 2020
Alberta COVID-19 update for Oct. 1
Alberta's chief medical officer of health will deliver her latest update on the COVID-19 situation in the province. Dr. Deena Hinshaw's news conference was originally scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m., ...
Oct 01, 2020
25 years after UN women's meeting, equality remains distant
TANZANIA, Tanzania - Twenty-five years ago, the world's nations came together to make sure that half of Earth's population gained the rights, power and status of the other half. It hasn't happened, an...
Oct 01, 2020
EU leaders seek end to embarrassing Belarus sanctions clash
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders sought Thursday to end an embarrassing standoff that prevents them from imposing sanctions on senior officials in Belarus who stand accused of falsifying presidential...
Oct 01, 2020
Alberta Senator meets virtually with Red Deer community leaders
Senator Doug Black made a virtual stop in Red Deer Thursday as part of a province-wide tour to stay connected with Albertans during the COVID-19 pandemic.Black says he's speaking with a wide range of ...
Oct 01, 2020
Armenia says it shot down Azerbaijani drone near capital
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia's military said its rockets shot down an Azerbaijani drone near the capital on Thursday night, as heavy fighting persisted in the conflict over the separatist region of Nago...
Oct 01, 2020
Pandemic takes toll on business of pisco producers in Peru
ICA, Peru - In the house where for decades she has bottled pisco, the grape brandy of South America's Pacific coast, Rosa Grados has thousands of stored litres that she has not sold because of the cor...
Oct 01, 2020