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Town of Ponoka begins snow clearing and ice control operations
Town of Ponoka snow and ice control operations have begun clearing snow from town roadways, starting with priority routes. Town officials say crews are also sanding and salting intersections as needed...
Nov 10, 2020
WEEKLY SCOREBOARD: Nov. 9-15, 2020
*Records shown are up to date as of the start of the week(EX) - ExhibitionWESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE (WHL)Red Deer Rebels - Regular Season to begin Jan. 8, 2021AJHL (Jr. A) - Regular season begins Nov. 13O...
Nov 10, 2020
Thanks for Farming Tour arrives at Westerner Park
Organizers of the "Thanks for Farming Tour" at Westerner Park are confident they can host the event safely under current conditions posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.The event goes Wednesday and Thursday...
Nov 10, 2020
Singh says government must move to counter hate groups, which have tripled since 2015
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberal government must do more to tackle the growing threat of hate groups. The past five years have seen a proliferation of neo-Nazi groups and online cont...
Nov 10, 2020
Bill 21 supporters testify that religious symbols send wrong message to kids
MONTREAL - Students require a neutral environment in which to learn and one where equality between men and women is put first, parents supporting Quebec's secularism law testified in court Tuesday. Na...
Nov 10, 2020
Alberta surpasses 8,000 active cases of COVID-19
Alberta added another 713 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday to bring the overall total to 34,873.The number of tests completed over the past 24 hours, along with the number of people tested, remains unavai...
Nov 10, 2020
Alberta farmers file what may be first class-action lawsuit over unpaid oil leases
CALGARY - Two Alberta landowners have filed what a lawyer says could be the first class-action lawsuit against an energy company for not making its lease payments."It's a pretty clear contract," said ...
Nov 10, 2020
No. 1 Alabama-LSU, No. 5 Texas A&M-Tennessee postponed
No. 1 Alabama at LSU and No. 5 Texas A&M at Tennessee will not be played Saturday because of COVID-19 issues, raising the number of Southeastern Conference games postponed this week to three. The ...
Nov 10, 2020
Alberta farmers file what may be first class-action lawsuit over unpaid oil leases
CALGARY - An Alberta farm family has filed what could be the first class-action lawsuit against an energy company for not making its lease payments. In a statement of claim filed in Calgary, Reinhold ...
Nov 10, 2020
AUMA supports keeping EMS dispatch local in Red Deer, three other cities
The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) is throwing its support behind the fight by four cities to keep their municipally-operated EMS dispatch centres. Officials with the cities of Red De...
Nov 10, 2020