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With debt, deficit numbers out, experts say Liberals need plan for growth
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals' fiscal update this week put a cost to all the emergency COVID-19 aid the federal treasury will dole out. It delivered some shocks: a gigantic deficit and a projecti...
Jul 11, 2020
RCMP 'disappointed' by talk that race a factor in quiet Rideau Hall arrest
OTTAWA - The idea that the man accused of crashing into the grounds of Rideau Hall would have been treated differently if he were dark-skinned is disheartening, the RCMP's commissioner and the head of...
Jul 10, 2020
Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone's sentence
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump called Roger Stone to inform his longtime political confidant that he would commute his sentence for crimes related to the Russia investigation, Stone told The Asso...
Jul 10, 2020
City called on to be less complacent on racism
Red Deer's Welcoming and Inclusive Communities (WIC) Network is calling upon the municipality that created it in 2015 to do more to combat racism.At the heart of the matter, says former WIC co-chair S...
Jul 10, 2020
Minister doubts survey suggesting 40 per cent of Alberta doctors have considered leaving province
CALGARY - A survey by the Alberta Medical Association suggests more than 40 per cent of the province's physicians have at least considered looking for work elsewhere in Canada.The group blames the pot...
Jul 10, 2020
Search continues for Sylvan Lake man missing since May
Despite receiving some pieces of information, RCMP say they have still not located a Sylvan Lake man since May and are looking for public assistance in locating him.On May 29, police say Steven Hull's...
Jul 10, 2020
Company continues to pitch thermal energy technology
An Alberta company continues making its pitch to the Town of Rocky Mountain House for its technology that uses the earth's heat to generate electricity. The Eavor-Loop technology harnesses the planet'...
Jul 10, 2020
Toronto FC pre-game meal set for 5:30 a.m. before 9 a.m. Florida morning kickoff
TORONTO - The 9 a.m. kickoff is daunting. So is the 5:30 a.m. pre-game meal. Toronto FC gets one heck of an early start to the MLS is Back Tournament on Sunday when it faces D.C. United at ESPN's Wide...
Jul 10, 2020
All 5 former winners in same half of Champions League draw
GENEVA - All five former Champions League winners were put into the same half of the draw on Friday, setting up a possible semifinal pairing between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Real Madrid, Ju...
Jul 10, 2020
Red Deer with four active COVID-19 cases
There are now four active cases of COVID-19 in Red Deer. That's one more than was reported for the city on Thursday, according to the latest numbers from Alberta Health. The number of active cases in ...
Jul 10, 2020