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RDC encourages activities and conversations about mental health
RDC is encouraging learners, faculty, staff, and employees to participate in a range of activities and conversations about mental health from now until February 12 through RDC's "Make Some Time" campa...
Jan 25, 2021
Call for mural artists for Meet the Street arts and culture festival
The City of Red Deer is seeking visual artists to create vibrant, outdoor murals as part of a new arts and culture festival taking place in September.The creation of up to 10 downtown alley murals wil...
Jan 25, 2021
Player with Kamloops Blazers critically injured in weekend snowboard accident
CALGARY - A player with the Western Hockey League Kamloops Blazers has suffered what the league describes as "life-altering injuries" following a weekend snowboarding accident in Saskatchewan.A statem...
Jan 25, 2021
California: Criminal rings loot billions in jobless funds
LOS ANGELES - California officials say hackers, identity thieves and overseas criminal rings stole an estimated $11.4 billion in unemployment benefits last year. But the extent of the fraud might grow...
Jan 25, 2021
Café in Mirror remains open for dine-in service despite provincial restrictions
Despite being ordered to close for violating the province's public health measures, a central Alberta caf continues to be open to in-person dining.The Whistle Stop Caf, which also operates as a gas st...
Jan 25, 2021
After going weeks with no COVID cases, Nunavut community sees new infections
ARVIAT, Nunavut - The centre of Nunavut's COVID-19 outbreak is now facing a second outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Last week, Arviat, a community of about 2,800, reported its first new case since D...
Jan 25, 2021
Report: Consumer confidence in Alberta returns to pre-pandemic levels
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Nearly a full year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Albertans are feeling more confident about their financial situations.A new report from the Conference Board of Canada (CBOC) say...
Jan 25, 2021
Red Deer with 159 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta confirmed 362 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. That's out of 7,186 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of about five per cent.The number of active cases in the province i...
Jan 25, 2021
R&B artist Trey Songz arrested at AFC Championship game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - R&B artist Trey Songz was jailed overnight after he scuffled with police officers during his arrest for not following coronavirus protocols and other rules at the AFC championsh...
Jan 25, 2021
Shandro says new COVID-19 variants present ‘serious threat'
Health Minister Tyler Shandro says Albertans aren't immune from the impacts of new variants of COVID-19 circulating around the world."These new variants present a serious threat and a complicating fac...
Jan 25, 2021