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Solar lights added to bus stops to improve safety
More than 100 bus stops across Red Deer are receiving some extra illumination.This week, the City began installing solar-powered lights at bus stops, with work to continue through October.In all, six ...
Jul 23, 2021
AHS gives update on staffing levels, acute bed shortages, and operation levels
EDMONTON, AB - AHS provided an update Friday on its acute care beds, nurse vacancies, and overall operation levels.Deb Gordon, AHS Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, says many rumours have be...
Jul 23, 2021
Sabres add 1st-round pick in trading Ristolainen to Flyers
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Sabres launched their offseason overhaul Friday by trading veteran defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen to the Philadelphia Flyers. Buffalo acquired fifth-year defenseman Rob...
Jul 23, 2021
Province, feds extend child care agreement, providing $290M over four years
Alberta and the federal government have struck a deal to extend the Canada-Alberta Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.Funding over the course of the four-year extension will be more than $290 mil...
Jul 23, 2021
Drop-in vaccinations at Red Deer's Westerner Park this weekend
Alberta Health Services, says anyone 12-and-older who hasn't yet received their first or second dose of COVID-19 vaccine can visit Westerner Park this weekend.On July 24 and 25, a drop-in immunization...
Jul 23, 2021
Canadian Sport Institute running million-dollar 50/50 supporting elite amateur athletes
The Canadian Sport Institute is holding a 50/50 raffle to support up and coming elite athletes on their road to the podium.The 50/50 comes with a take-home prize of $1 million, with the deadline to pu...
Jul 23, 2021
Toronto FC interim coach Javier Perez has ties that run deep with some of his players
Despite only coming on board in mid-February, interim coach Javier Perez goes back a way with more than a few Toronto FC players. For them, the man known simply as Javi is a known quantity - and a ste...
Jul 23, 2021
Canada, U.S. working together is no guarantee of border symmetry, ambassador says
WASHINGTON - Canada's envoy to the U.S. says just because the two countries have been working together to manage their shared border doesn't mean they were always going to be moving in perfect symmetr...
Jul 23, 2021
Wildfire crew looking for newly started fire finds B.C. hiker missing for two weeks
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A wildfire attack crew looking for a newly started forest fire instead found a man who had been missing in the rugged backcountry of Garibaldi Provincial Park, north of Vancouver. A s...
Jul 23, 2021
Federal government to open applications for Indigenous-led shelters across Canada
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The federal government says it will soon open applications to build emergency shelters and transitional housing for Indigenous people facing gender-based violence across Canada. Spe...
Jul 23, 2021