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Red Deer's Harvest Run returns for 2021
After being cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Harvest Run in Red Deer is back for 2021.What started off in 1991 as a community fun run promoting active living in central Alberta, the...
Jun 23, 2021
Boost to seniors benefit this summer and beyond could cost $10.7 billion, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer is estimating the Liberals' plan to send one-time payments this summer to seniors over 75 and then boost their old-age benefits thereafter will cost slightly ...
Jun 23, 2021
Canadian Bianca Andreescu ousted in second round of Wimbledon tune-up
EASTBOURNE, United Kingdom - Canada's Bianca Andreescu is out of the Viking International after suffering a second-round loss on Wednesday. The third-seeded Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., lost 6-3...
Jun 23, 2021
Sylvan Lake library open to public, preparing for summer
Sylvan Lake Municipal Library is once again welcoming patrons to visit in-person, and programs are being offered in-person as well as virtually this summer. The library's book clubs will return to a d...
Jun 23, 2021
Renew relationship with Indigenous Peoples without trying to 'cancel' Canada: O'Toole
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he's committed to a renewed nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous Peoples, but stands firm against so-called activist efforts to "cancel" Canada,...
Jun 23, 2021
City and county team up for regional collaboration committee
The City of Red Deer and Red Deer County are joining forces for a new committee intended to build a stronger Central Alberta region and increase regional benefits.The Regional Collaboration Committee ...
Jun 23, 2021
Quebec TV producer Luc Wiseman charged with sex crimes on minor, case returns Sept. 7
MONTREAL - Quebec television producer Luc Wiseman was formally charged with sex assault against a minor during an arraignment today at the Montreal courthouse. He was not required to be present for th...
Jun 23, 2021
Captain Christine Sinclair to lead Canadian women at her fourth Olympic Games
Coach Bev Priestman named her 18-woman Tokyo Olympic soccer roster Wednesday with captain Christine Sinclair set to lead the eighth-ranked Canadians at her fourth Olympics. Canada won back-to-back bro...
Jun 23, 2021
Halifax police constable defends actions in cell death of man wearing spit hood
HALIFAX - A Halifax police constable who helped arrest a man who died of suffocation in a lockup cell says a spit hood was placed over the detainee's head because the man was angry and saliva was spot...
Jun 23, 2021
More Albertans to get $1,200 Critical Worker Benefit
EDMONTON, AB - 76,500 more workers in Alberta are set to receive a one-time payment of $1,200.The joint federal-provincial Critical Worker Benefit program was launched to recognize the hard work of wo...
Jun 23, 2021