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Rocky Mountain House RCMP report: May 14-18
This is a report released to the media from the Rocky Mountain House (RMH) RCMP giving a brief description of various crimes and call-ins, both solved and unsolved throughout the community between the...
May 21, 2020
CERB-like mechanism could help country respond to future economic shocks: Poloz
OTTAWA - Canada's top central banker says adding an income-support measure like the Canada Emergency Response Benefit to the government's tool kit could help the country ...
May 21, 2020
Council approves reallocation of funds for downtown façade and storefront improvements
Over two dozen businesses in downtown Red Deer will soon be getting help to upgrade their storefront faades. On Wednesday, city councillors voted to approve a recommendation from administration to rea...
May 21, 2020
Four in Medicine Hat charged with child exploitation offences
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA - Four Medicine Hat residents have been charged with child exploitation offences following arrests made by ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation unit."Sadly, our ICE unit has been inu...
May 21, 2020
Wildrose School Division receives provincial funding for school maintenance projects and approves Spring Budget
The Wild Rose School Division revealed they have been approved for up to $2,500,000 in Capital Maintenance and Renewal Funding from the provincial government for its school projects, with work startin...
May 21, 2020
Brazeau County Council hears monthly fire statistics and supports Eagle Point - Blue Rapids Parks Council application
Brazeau County Council this week made a motion to send a letter of support to the Eagle Point - Blue Rapids Parks Council, for an application to Alberta Environment and Parks for core park operational...
May 21, 2020
B.C. Supreme Court to rule in Huawei executive's extradition case on Wednesday
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court will release a key decision next week in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. The court says Justice Heather Holmes...
May 21, 2020
Alberta to change restrictions on foothills coal mining to ease development
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is changing coal policies to make it easier to develop open-pit mines in one of the province's most sensitive areas. Alberta says it will abolish land use zones in it...
May 21, 2020
Twenty-eight soldiers test positive for COVID-19 after working in care homes
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says 28 military members have tested positive for COVID-19 after being deployed to help at long-term care facilities in Ontario and Quebec. That represents a dramati...
May 21, 2020
Film: 'Roe' plaintiff says her anti-abortion switch was act
WASHINGTON - Norma McCorvey loved the limelight. Better known as "Jane Roe," her story was at the centre of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. At first she was...
May 21, 2020