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Automated traffic enforcement locations announced for January
Red Deer RCMP have announced automated traffic enforcement locations for January.The City of Red Deer's Automated Traffic Enforcement Program includes photo laser, red light cameras and intersection s...
Dec 15, 2020
Local woman launches online fundraiser for Red Deer Hospice Society
An online fundraiser for the Red Deer Hospice Society is garnering significant traction in only its first week.Organizer Petra Kitteringham says the New Year's Eve Non-Event has already pulled in over...
Dec 15, 2020
Canadian junior team defenceman Thomas Harley an Edmonton "bubble" veteran
Thomas Harley has hockey "bubble" know-how.When the Canadian team arrived in Edmonton for the world junior hockey championship, the 19-year-old defenceman's insider knowledge on setting up his video g...
Dec 15, 2020
It's Miller time as Canada defender leaves Orlando City for Austin FC, then Montreal
Austin FC took Canadian defender Kamal Miller in Tuesday's MLS expansion draft, then promptly flipped him to Montreal in a trade. The Impact gave up US$225,000 in 2021 general allocation money and a f...
Dec 15, 2020
Quebec orders all non-essential businesses closed from Dec. 25 until at least Jan. 11
MONTREAL - Quebec is shutting down most businesses and all primary and secondary schools until at least Jan. 11, as authorities try to get a handle on a second wave of COVID-19 that is forcing hospita...
Dec 15, 2020
Government Senate rep concedes MAID bill may not be constitutional
OTTAWA - The government's representative in the Senate concedes it's possible that a bill to expand access to assisted dying may be struck down as unconstitutional by the courts. Sen. Marc Gold says i...
Dec 15, 2020
COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Alberta, new outreach programs announced
The first COVID-19 vaccinations in Alberta are now happening.Sahra Kaahiye, a respiratory therapist at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, and Tanya Harvey, an intensive care nurse at th...
Dec 15, 2020
Red Deer with 409 active COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday
Alberta reported another 1,341 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.That's out of 16,353 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 8.2 per cent.The number of active cases in the provinc...
Dec 15, 2020
Kenney, Hinshaw, ministers give update on COVID-19 in Alberta
Premier Jason Kenney and officials will provide an update on COVID-19 in Alberta and the province's pandemic response.A news conference is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. You can watch it here once it begins....
Dec 15, 2020
Canadian Jeff (The Silencer) Smith advances at William Hill World Darts Championship
LONDON - Canadian Jeff (The Silencer) Smith held on to down Irish teenager Keane Barry 3-1 Tuesday in the first round of the William Hill World Darts Championship.The win assures the 45-year-old from ...
Dec 15, 2020