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Alberta Wheat Commission, Alberta Barley holding regional meetings
The Alberta Wheat Commission and Alberta Barley are holding regional meetings this November.The schedule is as follows:November 16 - Drumheller Badlands Community Facility November 17 - Holiday Inn Re...
Oct 30, 2021
Infant nutrition classes temporarily moving online
RED DEER - Parents who have questions about feeding their growing babies have access to a free, online infant nutrition class offered by Alberta Health Services (AHS). Led by a registered dietitian, t...
Oct 30, 2021
AHS QuitCore program offered in Red Deer this November
Local residents wishing to kick their tobacco habits can access the tools and support needed to build a tobacco-free lifestyle through QuitCore, a free Alberta Health Services (AHS) tobacco-cessation ...
Oct 30, 2021
Central Alberta Soroptomists accepting applications for annual awards
Soroptimist International of Central Alberta is now accepting applications for its Live Your Dream Awards, Violet Richardson Awards and the Ruby Award - For Women helping Women. The deadline for all a...
Oct 30, 2021
Nature Conservancy says some spooky species get unfair bad rap at Halloween time
FREDERICTON - Halloween weekend is traditionally rife with images of bats, owls, spiders and other animals that spark fear in many. But one national wildlife organization is urging Halloween celebrant...
Oct 30, 2021
Heartless! Artists says NYC tribute removed in permit snafu
NEW YORK (AP) - Have a heart, New York! A giant red heart sculpture installed this week in Central Park as a tribute to health care workers and COVID-19 victims has been taken down - an apparent casua...
Oct 30, 2021
Bears coach Matt Nagy to miss 49ers game because of COVID-19
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy will miss Sunday's game against San Francisco because of the NFL's COVID-19 protocol. The team announced Saturday that special teams coordinator ...
Oct 30, 2021
Facts about Manitoba Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Heather Stefanson
WINNIPEG - Heather Stefanson is a veteran member of the Manitoba legislature and has been a cabinet minister for five years. She is one of two candidates for the Progressive Conservative party leaders...
Oct 30, 2021
Decorations get super-sized for second pandemic-era Halloween
An unfamiliar noise hums in the late-October air on evening strolls through some Canadian neighbourhoods. It's not the whooshing of witches on brooms overhead, the howling of werewolves or the lament ...
Oct 30, 2021
Manitoba's governing Tories pick new leader during controversy over ballots
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives are to choose a new party leader today who will become the province's next premier. Party members are deciding between former health minister ...
Oct 30, 2021