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CAPRA launches survey for your thoughts on poverty in Red Deer
The Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance in Red Deer is asking for your help in improving and developing strategies around poverty prevention and reduction in our community. As a result, members...
Mar 16, 2018
FIFA finally approves video review to use at World Cup
BOGOTA - FIFA has finally and fully approved video review to help referees at the World Cup. The last step toward giving match officials high-tech help in Russia was agreed to on Friday by FIFA’...
Mar 16, 2018
Society has role to play in trying to prevent domestic violence:experts
TORONTO - Canadians across the country should remember that they have a role to play in preventing tragedies like the recent domestic-related slaying of an Ontario mother and two of her teenage childr...
Mar 16, 2018
Alberta family murdered and burned: Four years later, friends still wonder why
CASTOR, Alta. - More than four years after three members of a central Alberta family were murdered, the biggest question still remains unanswered for their friends - why? “Still my question is, ...
Mar 16, 2018
Deadline extended for Certified Sustainable Beef Workshop
Farmers and Ranchers throughout Central Alberta are encouraged to register for a workshop on Certified Sustainable Beef. This workshop takes place on Monday, March 19 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Cross ...
Mar 16, 2018
RDPL Adult Literacy Program up for prestigious award
Officials with the Red Deer Public Library have announced their Adult Literacy Program has been nominated for a prestigious award. The Adult Literacy Program based out of the Dawe Branch has been nomi...
Mar 16, 2018
15 killed in Kenya floods, scores of families displaced
NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan officials said Friday that at least 15 people have drowned and scores of families have been displaced across the East African nation during two days of heavy rainfall that caus...
Mar 16, 2018
NDP leader says Canada should declare anti-Sikh violence in 1984 a genocide
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada should declare that anti-Sikh violence that took place in India more than three decades ago was a genocide. Singh - who spent much of this week defending ...
Mar 16, 2018
Career criminal declared dangerous offender, will serve indeterminate sentence
EDMONTON - A judge in Edmonton has declared a career criminal whose violent attacks go back decades a dangerous offender. Lance Blanchard, 60, was in court Friday to hear the decision by Justice Eric ...
Mar 16, 2018
Consort RCMP arrest five on drug charges
Consort RCMP and Edmonton ALERT say they have arrested and charged five people following a successful initiative targeting drug trafficking. The operation took place between Feb. 21 and Mar. 9 in the ...
Mar 16, 2018