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WRSD receives support on their plan with David Thompson High School
Wild Rose School Division is gaining support from Alberta Education on its plan regarding the challenges they are facing with David Thompson High School. In a release it says that last month they rece...
Mar 06, 2018
City of Edmonton pleads guilty in workplace fatality
EDMONTON- The City of Edmonton says it has pleaded guilty to a charge under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Stephen Penny, a truck driver, was fatally injured when street sweepings unloaded fr...
Mar 06, 2018
Lacombe appoints new Chief Administrative Officer
LACOMBE- Matthew Goudy has been appointed as the new Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Lacombe, effective March 6. Prior to his new role at the City of Lacombe, Goudy served as the Operatio...
Mar 06, 2018
Trump economic aide Cohn departs after trade disagreement
WASHINGTON - Top economic adviser Gary Cohn is leaving the White House after breaking with President Donald Trump on trade policy, the latest in a string of high-level departures from the West Wing. C...
Mar 06, 2018
Airbus wants to make C Series profitable by lowering supplier prices
TOULOUSE, France - Airbus intends to pressure suppliers for Bombardier’s C Series jets to lower their prices in an effort to make its new partnership with the Quebec aircraft manufacturer profit...
Mar 06, 2018
Urgent need for blood across Canada, including Red Deer, continues
OTTAWA- Canadian Blood Services continues to urge eligible Canadians to give blood as the national inventory and days on hand of several blood groups remain at critically low levels. Approximately 10,...
Mar 06, 2018
UN probe: Russia behind deadly airstrike on Syrian market
GENEVA - U.N. war crimes investigators said Tuesday that a Russian plane was apparently behind an airstrike in November on a Syrian market that killed 84 people, an attack which could amount to a war ...
Mar 06, 2018
Greater Montreal home sales up 5% from February 2017, as active listing drop
MONTREAL - The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board says home sales in the region grew five per cent year-over-year in February, as the number of active listings dropped 17 per cent. A total of 4,081 re...
Mar 06, 2018
US greets talk of NK nuke concessions with hope, skepticism
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump greeted North Korea’s reported willingness to negotiate away its atomic weapons with both hope and skepticism Tuesday, insisting a potential diplomatic breakt...
Mar 06, 2018
Oland has pre-trial conference ahead of second murder trial in death of father
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The case against Dennis Oland has been put over until next week for more pre-trial conferences ahead of his retrial for the murder of his father. Oland was charged with second-degre...
Mar 06, 2018