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Rocky RCMP Crime Reduction Unit recounts successful 2020
Rocky Mountain House RCMP says it has been a successful year for its Crime Reduction Unit (CRU).Mounties say the CRU was initially piloted for six months and based on reported successes, was turned in...
Dec 30, 2020
Red Deer down to 277 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta reported 1,287 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. That's out of 14,741 test results in the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 8.7 per cent.Across the province, there are 14,555 active cas...
Dec 30, 2020
Finns to give Canada first stiff test in world junior men's hockey championship
A generous schedule helped Canada both find its game legs and win three straight to start the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton. Time's up for the host country to develop chemistry and hone...
Dec 30, 2020
Unbeaten Finland shuts out Slovakia, setting up first-place battle with Canada
EDMONTON - Finland improved to 3-0 at the world junior hockey championship with a 6-0 win over Slovakia on Wednesday at Rogers Place.The win sets up a showdown with Canada (3-0) for first place in Gro...
Dec 30, 2020
St-Pierre still thinks about fighting again but the thought usually doesn't last long
At 39, former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre still looks like he just walked off the cover of a fitness magazine. And the competitive juices still flow, despite the fact the native of St-Isidore, Que....
Dec 30, 2020
Longtime Bruins captain Chara joins Washington Capitals
WASHINGTON - Longtime Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara signed with the Washington Capitals on Wednesday, a stunning move less than a week before most NHL teams open training camp. Chara agreed to ter...
Dec 30, 2020
Iran allocates payment for downing Ukraine plane, but Ottawa says no offer yet
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran's cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran l...
Dec 30, 2020
Red Deer-South MLA lauds hospital expansion, addictions and homelessness funding announced in 2020
Dear Friends,I am grateful for the opportunity to serve, and try to do so in accountable ways. Notwithstanding COVID, there is some encouraging, good news to report on pressing, local priorities for o...
Dec 30, 2020
Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan
The Census Bureau plans to announce it will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats. That delay could undermine President Donald Trump's efforts to exc...
Dec 30, 2020
The name game: A few athletes primed for breakouts in '21
For some, the sky's the limit, which also just happens to be the title of the book written by 12-year-old British skateboarder Sky Brown. For others, it's no stretch that big things appear ahead. Exhi...
Dec 30, 2020