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Salvation Army set to serve up Thanksgiving dinner this weekend
As millions of Canadians prepare to join family or friends for a Thanksgiving meal this long weekend, officials with the Salvation Army in Red Deer wish to invite members of the community to their ann...
Oct 10, 2019
Celebrate the Best of Blackfalds Business
All nominated Blackfalds businesses and staff will be recognized next Thursday evening and the 2019 Business Awards will be presented. This annual event is co-hosted by the Blackfalds & District C...
Oct 10, 2019
Weekly green cart collection in Ponoka ends for the season Nov. 1
The last day of the season for weekly pick up of compostable waste in your Green Cart is November 1. Green Carts will be emptied every second week during the winter months, from November 6 until May w...
Oct 10, 2019
Tight budget leads to belt tightening for Wild Rose School Division
Financial constraints are making for challenging times for the Wild Rose School Division. The division saw its student population drop by about 100 students for 2019-20, meaning they'll also see a dro...
Oct 10, 2019
Singh says NDP can 'work with the rest of Canada' to draw contrast with Bloc
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh looked to paint a bright orange line between his party and the Bloc Quebecois on Thursday, telling Quebecers that only the NDP would be able to land the things that ma...
Oct 10, 2019
Top court lets stand nine-year pornography sentence for daycare supervisor
OTTAWA - A nine-year prison sentence handed to a Toronto-area day-care supervisor who used toddlers for child pornography will stand. The Supreme Court of Canada says it won't hear the Crown's appeal ...
Oct 10, 2019
Climate change threatens crops, water for billions around globe: study
Canadian research is part of an extensive global climate change study that has found billions of the world's poorest people are at risk. The results, published Thursday in the journal Science, raise t...
Oct 10, 2019
Final arguments begin in case of Quebec man charged in slaying of wife, stranger
ST-JEROME, Que. - Final arguments have begun in the double murder trial of Ugo Fredette. The Quebec man is on trial for first-degree murder in the deaths of his ex-wife Veronique Barbe and Yvon L...
Oct 10, 2019
Town of Blackfalds plans to borrow $5M to buy buildings
The Town of Blackfalds is moving to capitalize on cost savings to find a new home for its civic yards. On Tuesday, council passed first reading of a bylaw to borrow $5 million for the purchase of 10-a...
Oct 10, 2019 (Photo: Town of Blackfalds/Property Guys)
Colorado jury clears Uber driver in passenger's death
DENVER - A Colorado jury on Thursday found an Uber driver not guilty of murder in last year's killing of a passenger that he said attacked him before he fired 10 shots at him. Jurors sided with Michae...
Oct 10, 2019