Author Archives: rdnews@socastdigital.com
Local gymnast receives boost for her Olympic aspirations
A Red Deer gymnast has received a significant boost to her Olympic aspirations. Kalena Soehen was named this week as one of 55 young Canadian athletes from both summer and winter sports selected by Pe...
Feb 26, 2018
Lacombe Generals advance to provincial final with series sweep over Fort Sask
The Lacombe Generals are off to the Senior AAA Provincial Final thanks to a four-game sweep of the Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs. The Generals secured the birth following a 2-1 victory over the Chiefs in F...
Feb 26, 2018
Report suggests growing gap between greenhouse gas projections and promises
A recently released federal report suggests the gap is growing between Canada’s greenhouse gas reduction promises and what its policies are likely to achieve. The news comes as the Liberal gover...
Feb 26, 2018
Canadian music festivals among 45 pledging gender equality in lineups by 2022
TORONTO - Four Canadian music events are joining an international pledge to fight inequality in the industry by vowing to have gender parity across their lineups by 2022. Montreal’s electronic m...
Feb 26, 2018
Hudson Bay communities hold first meeting to talk climate, development
MONTREAL - The 27 communities that ring Hudson Bay are scheduled to meet Tuesday for the first time to talk about climate change, environmental protection and the impact of development in their vast a...
Feb 26, 2018
Big Tobacco miffed over health committee snub, opposes plain packaging proposal
OTTAWA - Canada’s largest tobacco manufacturer says it is being treated unfairly after a government health committee refused to hear its input in person on proposed changes to smoking laws. R...
Feb 26, 2018
Conservative bid sputters for emergency committee meeting on Atwal
OTTAWA - A Conservative bid for an emergency meeting on the Jaspal Atwal affair has fizzled, but political fireworks erupted anew Monday in Parliament over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s much-m...
Feb 26, 2018
Provincial police 'scaling back' search for boy, 3, swept away in flooded river
Ontario Provincial Police say they will “slowly begin scaling back” their search for a missing three-year-old boy who was swept into a swollen river in southwestern Ontario. In a release M...
Feb 26, 2018
Ousted Ontario Tory leader Patrick Brown ends bid to reclaim his former job
TORONTO - Patrick Brown’s quest to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives ended Monday with the Barrie, Ont., politician saying the leadership race had taken a toll on his family and dis...
Feb 26, 2018
Petro boost: Alberta to invest $1B over 8 years on bitumen upgrading projects
EDMONTON - Alberta is investing $1 billion in oilsands bitumen upgrading to get a bigger bang for the buck on its oil. Premier Rachel Notley announced Monday that the money will be used for loan guara...
Feb 26, 2018