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Town Council supports Ponoka & District Health Foundation with $3,500 donation
Ponoka Town Council recently approved a $3,500 donation to support the Ponoka & District Health Foundation's 'Greatest Need' Fund from the Council Advertising Budget. Town officials note the donat...
Dec 22, 2021
Charges withdrawn for Penhold man charged in Red Deer anti-racism rally
Charges have been withdrawn for a Penhold man accused in a pair of altercations that took place during an anti-racism demonstration in Red Deer last year.Two charges of assault against Trevor Lyle Roy...
Dec 22, 2021
Halifax police seek two suspects after 8-year-old boy killed in shooting Tuesday
DARTMOUTH, N.S. - Halifax police are looking for two suspects after an 8-year-old boy was fatally shot while inside a car with an adult Tuesday afternoon. Const. John MacLeod today identified the chil...
Dec 22, 2021
Trudeau, Freeland push back at Biden on COVID-19 holiday gatherings
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is pushing back at U.S. President Joe Biden's televised message to vaccinated Americans that they can gather safely for the holidays despite the spread of the Omicron v...
Dec 22, 2021
Agriculture Minister Bibeau announces emergency food funding top-up
OTTAWA - The federal government is spending another $30 million to help people at risk of going hungry, bringing total funding to $330 million. The top-up of the Emergency Food Security Fund will prov...
Dec 22, 2021
Former star player Jamie Cudmore back coaching, thanks to unique rugby partnership
Jamie Cudmore is coaching again, thanks to a unique partnership in the rugby fraternity. The 43-year-old former Canadian international from Squamish, B.C., was fired as head of Rugby Canada's national...
Dec 22, 2021
Military procurement chief stands by naval helicopters despite recent problems
OTTAWA - The Defence Department's top procurement official says he would feel safe flying on one of the military's new naval helicopters despite the fleet's rash of recent problems. Assistant deputy m...
Dec 22, 2021
Amazingly preserved fossil egg shows dinosaur, bird links: scientists
Scientists say an amazingly well-preserved fossil egg adds more evidence to the close links between dinosaurs and modern birds. Darla Zelenitsky from the University of Calgary has just published a pap...
Dec 22, 2021
Pause on student loan payments is extended through May 1
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Wednesday extended a student loan moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic. Under the action, paymen...
Dec 22, 2021
NHL Notebook: Boudreau finally gets valuable practice time with Canucks
Bruce Boudreau took advantage of something he hasn't had much of since being hired to coach the Vancouver Canucks. Time. With the NHL pausing cross-border travel due to COVID-19 until after its holida...
Dec 22, 2021