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Bloc to back Liberals' bill extending wage subsidy, sending money to disabled
OTTAWA - The Bloc Quebecois says it'll support a bill to extend the federal emergency wage subsidy and make payments to people with disabilities to help with COVID-19 costs when the House of...
Jul 18, 2020
Wildrose Independence Party picks interim leader
The newly-formed Wildrose Independence Party has selected Paul Hinman as its interim leader. Hinman served two terms as an Alberta MLA 2004-2008 and 2009-2012. He was leader of the Alberta Alliance an...
Jul 18, 2020
Rocky Chamber touts “The Big Spend” to support local small business
The Rocky Mountain House & District Chamber of Commerce is encouraging local residents to get out and support local small businesses as part of a national promotion happening next weekend. "The Bi...
Jul 18, 2020
Red Deer FCSS awards $2.3 million in program funding
Red Deer & District Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) awarded $2.32 million in annual funding over the next three years to programs focusing on positive child and youth development, men...
Jul 18, 2020
Report identifies emerging housing needs in Sylvan Lake
Several major findings have been identified in a recent Housing Needs Assessment for the Town of Sylvan Lake.Conducted on behalf of the Sylvan Lake Foundation by Urbanics Consultants Ltd., the assessm...
Jul 18, 2020
Health experts encourage creativity, social support as bars reopen across Canada
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - After photos of crowded night clubs caught the attention of public health officials, the noisy downtown bar district in St. John's, N.L. was a more controlled scene than usual ...
Jul 18, 2020
Quebec becomes first province to make masks mandatory in indoor public spaces
MONTREAL - Starting today, Quebec becomes the first province in Canada to require mask-wearing in all indoor public places. The new directive, which applies to people aged 12 and older, ...
Jul 18, 2020
Feds order supplies to give two doses of COVID-19 vaccine when its ready
OTTAWA - The federal government is ordering more than 75 million syringes, alcohol swabs and bandages so it can inoculate Canadians as soon as a COVID-19 vaccine is ready. Procurement Minister An...
Jul 18, 2020
Blackfalds finds replacement for departing BOLT Transit service
Town of Blackfalds officials say there will be a near seamless transition from the outgoing BOLT Transit service to new service for residents to get around town and to and from Red Deer.The City of La...
Jul 18, 2020
John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80
ATLANTA - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebr...
Jul 17, 2020