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Gord Bamford Charitable Foundation partners with Jumpstart
Lacombe, Alberta - The Gord Bamord Charitable Foundation is proud to announce it's new partnership with Canadian Tire's Jumpstart program. Gord Bamford's Foundation mission is to provide funds to yout...
Aug 01, 2017
Red Deer RCMP looking for the owner of tires and pallet jack
Red Deer RCMP are looking for the rightful owners of a recovered pallet jack and a large set of truck tires. The tires are described as a set of four Toyo Open Country tires. The rims are Eagle Alloy....
Aug 01, 2017
Extreme wildfire risk prompts off-highway vehicle ban in southern Alberta public forests
EDMONTON – Effective immediately, all OHVs (off highway vehicles) are being banned from all public forest areas in southern Alberta, including provincial parks, to reduce the risk of wildfires. ...
Aug 01, 2017
Thunder Bay, First Nations leader pledge to fight racism in Ontario city
The city of Thunder Bay, Ont., and First Nations leaders in the region have signed a pledge to fight racism in the northern Ontario community, which has been plagued by tensions between Indigenous res...
Aug 01, 2017
Stray cows a lesson that RCMP help the community in the small ways
A pair of wayward cows had to be wrangled back to their home Tuesday morning in south Red Deer. The two bovines had made it through a gap in a fence along Barrett Drive in the Bower neighbourhood and ...
Aug 01, 2017
York University says it will appeal federal court ruling on copyright fees
TORONTO - One of Canada’s largest universities says it will appeal a Federal Court ruling that found it was circumventing copyright fees in reproducing materials being handed out to students. To...
Aug 01, 2017
More women on stage: Comics discuss how to encourage women to perform stand-up
MONTREAL - Comedy clubs are still male-dominated and if more women are to take their place in the industry, booking agents, audiences and fellow artists need to do more to encourage them to perform st...
Aug 01, 2017
Get ready to splash with Blue Grass Sod Farms Ltd. At 3rd Annual Family Picnic at Spray Park.
(Red Deer, Alberta) - Blue Grass Sod Farms Ltd. in partnership with the City of Red Deer invites Central Alberta residents to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Blue Grass Sod Farms Central Spray...
Aug 01, 2017
Deputy rescues 2 colleagues after shootout near pot farm
OREGON HOUSE, Calif. - A sheriff’s deputy ran into a house in Northern California to pull two wounded colleagues to safety after a shootout with a suspect near a marijuana farm belonging to a Ra...
Aug 01, 2017
Court keeps Great Lakes wolves on endangered species list
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - A federal appeals court Tuesday retained federal protection for grey wolves in the western Great Lakes region, ruling that the government made crucial errors when it dropped the...
Aug 01, 2017