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Time change for downtown parking meters
New daily hours are coming into effect for parking meters in Red Deer. Parking fees at downtown meters will be in effect from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily instead of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.CIty officials say al...
Oct 06, 2020
Liberals, NDP block Conservative effort to have prorogation study include WE affair
OTTAWA - The Liberals and the NDP have blocked an effort by the Conservatives to get the WE Charity affair probed ahead of a study into why the Liberals prorogued Parliament. The government must provi...
Oct 06, 2020
Law enforcement officer asks for dismissal of Raptors president Ujiri's counterclaim
OAKLAND, Calif. - Lawyers for an American law enforcement officer have filed a motion to dismiss a counterclaim to a lawsuit from Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri in the aftermath of an altercati...
Oct 06, 2020
Malian official: Politician Cisse, French aid worker freed
BAMAKO, Mali - Islamic extremists have freed prominent Malian politician Soumaila Cisse after holding him hostage for more than six months, as well as a French aid worker who was kidnapped in 2016, a ...
Oct 06, 2020
Ottawa Aces add bite with six-foot-seven, 275-pound prop Adam Lawton
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Aces have added six-foot-seven, 275-pound prop Adam Lawton for their inaugural 2021 season. Lawton, 27, arrives from fellow League 1 side Newcastle Thunder. He is the 18th player t...
Oct 06, 2020
Quebec reports more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for fifth straight day
OTTAWA - Canada's two most populous provinces remain COVID-19 hot spots today, with Quebec setting a record for new daily case counts. Cases are surging in several parts of the country but Quebec and ...
Oct 06, 2020
Activists, scientists, authors among 'genius grant' fellows
CHICAGO - An activist speaking out about inadequate waste and water sanitation in rural America, an author of young adult and children's literature reflecting the world's diversity, and a neuroscienti...
Oct 06, 2020
BURNCO sells landscape centres across Western Canada
CALGARY, AB - BURNCO has sold its 12 landscape centres in western Canada.The Calgary-based company, which operates as BURNCO Rock Products Ltd., completed its sale of its wholly owned subsidiary BURNC...
Oct 06, 2020
Student enrolment lower than anticipated at Wild Rose School Division
Student enrolment in Wild Rose School Division has come in lower than anticipated.Officials say 4,424 students are enrolled for the 2020-21 school year - 337 less than expected.That total includes 353...
Oct 06, 2020
Man charged in 2018 Fredericton murders listed people he believed to be demons
FREDERICTON - The trial of the man accused of four murders in Fredericton two years ago has been told Matthew Raymond spent much of the year before the shootings trying to identify demons. Raymond is ...
Oct 06, 2020