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After years grappling with Google, Europe has tips for US
LONDON - The U.S. antitrust crackdown on Google might seem like deja vu for European Union regulators. By U.S. standards, the Justice Department's move to sue Google this week for abusing its dominanc...
Oct 21, 2020
Trudeau Liberals face confidence vote over proposed anticorruption committee
OTTAWA - A dispute over the scope and composition of a House of Commons committee will come to a head today in a vote that could trigger a federal election in the midst of the second deadly wave of CO...
Oct 21, 2020
Queer association holding Halloween Door Decorating Contest
Halloween may look a little different this year, but that will not stop the spirit of the spooky holiday. Red Deerians and those from surrounding areas are encouraged to dress up their doorway for the...
Oct 21, 2020
United Way Central Alberta and NOVA Chemicals celebrate $10M milestone
United Way Central Alberta (UWCA) is celebrating a major milestone with one of its biggest long-time supporters as NOVA Chemicals has now donated more than $10,000,000 to the organization. NOVA Chemic...
Oct 21, 2020
Drugs, weapons, and stolen vehicles seized by Innisfail RCMP
Five stolen vehicles have been recovered and three people are facing a total of 47 charges following an intelligence led operation conducted by the Central Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit (CAD C...
Oct 21, 2020
'Blacklisted:' Nova Scotia First Nation pulls commercial lobster boats from the water
HALIFAX - The chief of the First Nation behind a disputed moderate livelihood lobstery fishery in Nova Scotia says recent vandalism and the loss of potential sales has cost the band more than $1.5 mil...
Oct 21, 2020
Trump tends to his electoral map, Biden eyes Obama boost
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is hopping from one must-win stop on the electoral map to the next in the leadup to a final presidential debate that may be his last, best chance to alter the traje...
Oct 21, 2020
Trudeau Liberals face confidence vote over proposed anticorruption committee
OTTAWA - A dispute over the scope and composition of a House of Commons committee will come to a head today in a vote that could trigger a federal election in the midst of the second deadly wave of CO...
Oct 21, 2020
Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that...
Oct 21, 2020
Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary film
ROME - Pope Francis endorsed gay civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for a feature-length documentary that made its premiere at the Rome Film Festival on Wednesday. The pap...
Oct 21, 2020