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Red Deer region's unemployment rate rises in November
There was a rise in the Red Deer Region's unemployment rate last month, making it the highest rate among the province's economic regions.According to Statistics Canada, the Red Deer Region's jobless r...
Dec 02, 2022
ALERT seizes more than 100 vehicles across multiple jurisdictions
Police say more than 100 stolen vehicles, trailers, farming equipment and other machinery was seized in an investigation involving ALERT in Camrose.The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team's (ALERT) ...
Dec 02, 2022
Dems move to make South Carolina, not Iowa, 1st voting state
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats voted Friday to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024, a dramatic shakeup championed ...
Dec 02, 2022
Safe consumption forefront of countering the overdose crisis, prime minister says
RICHMOND, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he and new British Columbia Premier David Eby conferred about ways to counter the "horrific" drug poisoning epidemic. Trudeau told a crowd in Richmo...
Dec 02, 2022
Federal NDP leader says Alberta sovereignty act 'a distraction' from real problems
CALGARY - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Alberta's proposed sovereignty act is undemocratic and an unwelcome distraction from the struggles residents of the province are facing. After a meeting...
Dec 02, 2022
Métis Nation of Alberta approves Constitution in largest ratification by an Indigenous Nation in Canadian History
EDMONTON, AB - Citizens of the Mtis Nation of Alberta (MNA) have overwhelmingly adopted a new Constitution.In a province-wide ratification vote held throughout the month of November, which included ma...
Dec 02, 2022
Early childhood educators to receive wage top-up in 2023
Early childhood educators (ECEs) are set to receive some additional support in the new year.The provincial government says it's focused on attracting more ECEs and keeping them in the childcare sector...
Dec 02, 2022
Man arrested in fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff
Police have arrested a 33-year-old man in the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff, who was killed last month outside a bowling alley in Houston. Houston police announced Friday that Patrick Xavier Clark ...
Dec 02, 2022
Red Deer city council pushes for 14 staff increases in Emergency Services
Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) may be getting 14 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees within the next two years. On the fourth day of the 2023-24 Capital and Operating budget deliberations, city c...
Dec 02, 2022
Pat Tabler leaves Sportsnet, ending 30-year caree as Blue Jays broadcaster
TORONTO - Pat Tabler's career as a key member of the Toronto Blue Jays' broadcast team is coming to an end after 30 years. Sportsnet announced his departure in a statement on Friday afternoon. Tabler ...
Dec 02, 2022