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Red Deer man to be sentenced next year for child luring-related offenses
Sentencing will take place next year for a Red Deer man charged with child luring-related offenses.Wayne David Taylor, 59, plead guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Monday to counts of child luring...
Oct 05, 2020
Assisted dying bill reintroduced as court deadline looms
OTTAWA - The federal government reintroduced Monday legislation to amend Canada's law on medical assistance in dying - just two months before a court-imposed deadline. The government has until Dec. 18...
Oct 05, 2020
Feds reveal details of $35M fund to help make farms safer in COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says some Canadian farmers can now apply for emergency funding to protect their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will subsidize farms...
Oct 05, 2020
Alberta reaches five-month high in active COVID-19 cases, Red Deer down to four
While the numbers in Red Deer remain quite low, active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta are the highest they've been in nearly five months.The province has 1,783 active cases as of Monday - the most since...
Oct 05, 2020
A look as some of the Canadians who have won the Nobel Prize throughout history
Scientist Michael Houghton has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine for his work with the hepatitis C virus. While Houghton was born in Britain, he studies at the University of Alberta and...
Oct 05, 2020
Canada suspends Turkish arms exports amid allegations in Armenia-Azerbaijan fight
OTTAWA - Canada suspended arms exports to Turkey while it investigates claims that drone-sensor technology created by an Ontario company is being improperly used in renewed fighting between Azerbaijan...
Oct 05, 2020
Trudeau says he tested negative for COVID-19 last month
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he was tested for COVID-19 last month after developing a "tickle" in his throat but it came back negative. The Prime Minister's Office has not explained whe...
Oct 05, 2020
Trial dates set for Stettler man charged in father's murder
A five-day trial will take place next year for a Stettler man charged in the death of his father last winter.In Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench Monday, trial dates of Feb. 8-12, 2021 were set for 33-y...
Oct 05, 2020
Ottawa to lift some border restrictions for families, extended families October 8
OTTAWA, ONT - Later this week, it could become easier for family members to cross the Canada-U.S. border. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marco E. L. Mendicino, Public Safety and Emerge...
Oct 05, 2020
Former Stampeder Alex Singleton helps deliver Eagles first win of NFL regular season
History has taught Brent Monson that when opportunity knocks, expect Alex Singleton to answer the call. So the Calgary defensive co-ordinator wasn't overly surprised when Singleton, a former Stampeder...
Oct 05, 2020