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Paris agreement targets leave "alarming gap" to slow climate change: UN report
OTTAWA - Canada has no immediate plans to raise its targets for cutting emissions, despite pressure from the United Nations to step it up or risk the failure of the Paris climate change agreement. In ...
Oct 31, 2017
Caribou herds and habitat continue to decline: federal report
Canada’s woodland caribou herds and the habitat they need continue to decline five years after the provinces agreed to develop strategies to preserve them, a federal study has concluded. And all...
Oct 31, 2017
Budget office predicts higher deficit this year, but sees slow decline coming
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget overseer is predicting a budget deficit in the current fiscal year that’s almost $2 billion higher than was forecast in the government’s fall fiscal updat...
Oct 31, 2017
RDC hosting annual open house this Saturday
Red Deer College is excited to present Open House 2017, an informative and interactive event for anyone who is graduating from high school or looking at different career options. RDC Open House 2017 S...
Oct 31, 2017
FEMA chief says agency didn't approve Whitefish contract
WASHINGTON - Federal Emergency Management Agency officials had nothing to do with approving a pricey no-bid contract to restore the power grid in Puerto Rico, the head of the agency told Congress on T...
Oct 31, 2017
Studio cuts ties to director Ratner after harassment report
NEW YORK - Hollywood’s widening sexual harassment crisis has ensnared a prominent film director after six women - including actress Olivia Munn - accused Brett Ratner of sexual misconduct in a L...
Oct 31, 2017
Judge fines ThyssenKrupp $500K for elevator violations after guilty plea
TORONTO - One of the country’s pre-eminent elevator companies has been fined $500,000 for five violations of Ontario’s safety rules. ThyssenKrupp had pleaded guilty to the offences in Onta...
Oct 31, 2017
Red Deer RCMP offer tips on when to report motor vehicle collisions
RED DEER- Every year collision rates rise in the city during the first major snowfalls. RCMP would like to remind drivers when and how to report motor vehicle collisions. They also remind drivers to s...
Oct 31, 2017
Prisons failing mentally ill, especially women, federal ombudsman says
OTTAWA - Canada’s prison service must find alternatives to locking up inmates, especially women, with serious mental illness, says the federal correctional ombudsman. The Correctional Service of...
Oct 31, 2017
Ouija Board + Fidget Spinner + Vinyl Record = Art
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! What do we even call it? When we discovered New Zealand artist Carl Ingram's art, we loved it, but had no idea what to call it. Ingram spins a vinyl record...
Oct 31, 2017