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City seeking applications for Rising Sport Star Award, Community Recreation Enhancement Grant
Nominations for young athletes are being sought by The City of Red Deer for the Rising Sport Stars awards program. Many young athletes in our community are just beginning a lifelong journey of being a...
Mar 23, 2022

Supreme Court tosses Wisconsin legislative voting maps
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out Wisconsin state legislative maps that were preferred by the state's Democratic governor and selected by Wisconsin's top court. Republicans ha...
Mar 23, 2022

WCPS nominates Ponoka Grade 6 teacher for Edwin Parr Award
The Board of Trustees for Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) have announced their nominee for this year's Edwin Parr Teacher Award.Stefanie Hatala, Ponoka Elementary School Grade 6 teacher, is described...
Mar 23, 2022

Quebec to hold public inquiry into deaths of young sisters killed by their father
QUEBEC - The Quebec government is announcing a public coroner's inquiry will be held into the death of two young sisters and their father in 2020. Public Security Minister Genevive Guilbault says in a...
Mar 23, 2022

NDP expects phased-in approach to national pharmacare promise in deal with Liberals
OTTAWA - NDP health critic Don Davies says he expects the Liberal government to make good its renewed promise to deliver national pharmacare, but perhaps not all at once. The Liberals have promised in...
Mar 23, 2022

Canadian running back Moore rejoins B.C. Lions
VANCOUVER - Canadian running back Wayne Moore is back with the B.C. Lions. Moore, 30, retired from football before the start of training camp last year after being involved in a car accident. The Lion...
Mar 23, 2022

Witness: Whitmer kidnapping aimed at stopping Biden win
A man who pleaded guilty to planning a kidnapping of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has told jurors that he and his allies wanted to act before the 2020 election to prevent Joe Biden from winning the ...
Mar 23, 2022

Charges laid against driver of allegedly stolen vehicle from Lacombe
One person has been charged after RCMP located a reported stolen vehicle earlier this month.Red Deer RCMP say it was about 10 a.m. on March 15 when members were conducting proactive patrols of "strate...
Mar 23, 2022

Salt marsh option missing in plan to shield N.S.-N.B. land link from floods: experts
HALIFAX - An engineering study calling for higher dikes to safeguard the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick should have also suggested creating natural buffers to absorb rising oceans, so...
Mar 23, 2022

Kaillie Humphries' legal battle with Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton subject of documentary
In her golden moment atop the medal podium in Beijing, as the U.S. flag was raised, Kaillie Humphries says a couple of Canadian team executives turned their back. Humphries had just become the first w...
Mar 23, 2022