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Ponoka Christmas lights to double this year at Lions Centennial Park
The annual Christmas light display at Lions Centennial Park will be bigger and brighter than ever this year. Thanks to a $5,000 donation from the Ponoka Lions Club, the light display will expand once ...
Nov 24, 2022

AHS accepting toys as payment for parking tickets
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is bringing back its Toys for Tickets campaign, which gives people who've recently received an AHS parking ticket an opportunity to donate a new, unwrapped toy rather tha...
Nov 24, 2022

Canada through to Davis Cup semifinals with 2-1 win over Germany
MLAGA, Spain - Denis Shapovalov overcame a loss in the opening singles match and teamed with Vasek Pospisil in a deciding doubles victory as Canada advanced to the semifinals of the Davis Cup with a 2...
Nov 24, 2022

MISSING: Jacob Loeppky, 43, of Red Deer
RCMP are pleased to report that Jacob Loeppky has been located safe. RCMP would like to thank the public and media for their assistance.
Nov 24, 2022

Carol Todd worries Dutch man who harassed daughter Amanda may not serve sentence
Carol Todd is worried the Dutch man convicted of harassing and extorting her teenage daughter, Amanda, who later died by suicide, may not serve any of the 13-year sentence handed to him by a British C...
Nov 24, 2022

Interim Tory leader concerned about engaging 'Freedom Convoy' protesters: PMO staff
OTTAWA - Evidence submitted at a public inquiry suggests the Conservative party's former interim leader, Candice Bergen, privately expressed concerns about engaging with protesters from the "Freedom C...
Nov 24, 2022

History repeating on Canadian men's downhill ski team
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Canadians climbing the men's downhill racing ladder as a group and challenging European domination is a familiar script. Canada is coming off a season in which three men reached t...
Nov 24, 2022

Crying Neymar injures ankle during Brazil's World Cup win
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) - Brazil forward Neymar had ice taped to his ankle and was crying on the bench after being substituted in the team's 2-0 win over Serbia at the World Cup on Thursday. Neymar injured...
Nov 24, 2022

Preserving a 'dark past': University makes 3D virtual replicas of residential schools
CALGARY - A new project from the University of Calgary's Taylor Family Digital Library is creating 3D digital records of some Alberta residential schools. In consultation with Indigenous communities, ...
Nov 24, 2022

B.C. has plan to cancel surgeries to make room for flu cases in overcrowded hospitals
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has plans in place to cancel hospital surgeries to make room for patients with respiratory illnesses, but it hasn't yet reached that point. Health Minister A...
Nov 24, 2022