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Local MP applauds as coast guard works to secure derelict ship from N.S. river
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The Canadian Coast Guard has secured a listing navy vessel from a Nova Scotia river, in the latest major case to occur in a federal cabinet minister who has champion...
Dec 09, 2019
Feds charge Volkswagen with violating environment law for faking emissions tests
OTTAWA - German auto giant Volkswagen appears ready to strike a plea deal with Canada after being charged Monday for allegedly importing cars into this country that company executives knew violated em...
Dec 09, 2019
Freeland heads to Mexico in effort to finalize new NAFTA revisions
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is to meet American and Mexican officials in Mexico City on Tuesday amid reports a deal to revise the new North American free-trade...
Dec 09, 2019
Truck plows into north end business
One person was taken to hospital after a pickup truck crashed into a business in north Red Deer Monday morning.The crash at Vibe Car Audio (77 Street and Gaetz Avenue) happened at about 10:40 a.m.Emer...
Dec 09, 2019 (Supplied by Vibe Car Audio)
City of Red Deer piloting quicker plow response after snowfall
The City of Red Deer is stepping up its snow and ice control by lowering the minimum snowfall needed before plows come out.Until now, the city's policy stated that plows begin working when there is a ...
Dec 09, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Kenney aims for clear signs of federal action on two-day Ottawa trip
OTTAWA -- Alberta Premier Jason Kenney set out a dire picture of the economic and social impact of federal policy on Alberta Monday as he embarked on a two-day political trade mission in the capital.T...
Dec 09, 2019 Alberta Premier Jason Kenney speaks to the Canadian Club of Ottawa, Monday December 9, 2019 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
High school football year-end award winners for 2019
The Central Alberta High School Football League honoured its best of the year at a recent banquet in Red Deer. Will Moir of the Lindsay Thurber Raiders took home top honours as the City Division MVP f...
Dec 09, 2019 Will Moir (Photo supplied)
Red Deer nurse returns from four-month mission to Chad
Leah Kennedy helped families and small children deal with malnutrition and other chronic health issues facing the African nation. Leah Kennedy is a surgical nurse who normally works out of Unit 24 at ...
Dec 09, 2019 Surgical nurse Leah Kennedy of Red Deer recently returned from a mission to the Republic of Chad where she worked with young children suffering from malnutrition and other chronic health issues in the African nation.(Supplied)
Body found in burnt-out vehicle near Coal Lake
Mounties in central Alberta are investigating after human remains were found inside a burnt-out vehicle. Wetaskiwin RCMP responded at 3 p.m. on Dec. 5, to a previous complaint of an abandoned vehicle ...
Dec 09, 2019
Emergency response exercise happening Wednesday
Some City of Red Deer facilities will be busier than normal when The City practices its emergency plans as part of an annual emergency response exercise on Wednesday, December 11.City Hall and the Col...
Dec 09, 2019