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Road closure at 48 Avenue and 48 Street
Red Deer motorists are advised of an intersection closure at 48 Avenue and 48 Street between 7:00 a.m. on Nov. 16 and 4:00 p.m. on Nov. 20.City officials say the intersection will be completely closed...
Nov 12, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11 a.m. Ontario has again reached a daily record for new COVID-19 cases. The province is reporting 1,575 new cases in its daily ...
Nov 12, 2020
Innisfail RCMP investigating jewelry store break-in
Innisfail RCMP are asking people to be on the lookout for anyone trying to sell or pawn wrist watches made by Citizen or Harley Davidson. The request follows a jewelry store break and enter that occur...
Nov 12, 2020
Lacombe passes 2021 Operating Budget, 10-year Capital Plan
Lacombe city council has approved the 2021 Operating Budget, which includes a tax increase of 0.8 per cent.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on City facilities, Administration estimates a $2...
Nov 12, 2020
RCMP surveillance, searches breached anti-fracking protesters' rights, watchdog says
OTTAWA - The RCMP watchdog has uncovered shortcomings with the national force's crowd-control measures, physical searches and collection of social media information while policing anti-fracking protes...
Nov 12, 2020
Appeals court clears Harvard of racial bias in admissions
BOSTON - A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants. Two judges on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Bos...
Nov 12, 2020
Clinicians worry pandemic is worsening youth mental health
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's children's representative says the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified inadequacies in mental health services as experts brace for rising rates of anxiety, depression and po...
Nov 12, 2020
US consumer prices unchanged in October, lowest in 5 months
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in October, the lowest reading in five months and an indication that a price spike over the summer is beginning to fade as coronavirus cases begin to s...
Nov 12, 2020
709,000 seek US jobless aid as pandemic escalates
WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure since March and a sign that the job market might be slowly heal...
Nov 12, 2020
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx : In The News for Nov. 12
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 12 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 12, 2020