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Winnipeg police defend kicking suspect during arrest, release video
Winnipeg police are defending their actions and reaching out to Indigenous leaders after a video surfaced showing officers kneeing and kicking a man during an arrest. A blurry, 74-second video po...
Jun 12, 2020

'Breaking the Silence' walk and run goes virtual, province-wide
Breaking the Silence, a free annual walk and run for mental health awareness and education, is going virtual this year.Now in its sixth year, the event is hosted by Edmonton-based Mental Health Founda...
Jun 12, 2020

Red Deer County offering outdoor recreation classes
Red Deer County is pleased to announce the resumption of recreation programming, beginning with outdoor yoga and qigong. County officials say all programming will follow Alberta Health Services guidel...
Jun 12, 2020

A list of police encounters being questioned and investigated in Canada
The death last month of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis who was killed when an officer kneeled on his neck for almost nine minutes, has sparked demonstrations against police brutality and rac...
Jun 12, 2020

Witness said killer in N.S. mass shooting 'recently' acquired gun from estate
HALIFAX - A portion of a witness statement released Friday says the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia had "recently" acquired one of his firearms in Canada from the estate of a...
Jun 12, 2020

Province launches Alberta Reads Book Club
Albertans can support local authors and the province's publishing industry while connecting with others at a safe distance through the Alberta Reads Book Club.The Book Publishers Association of Albert...
Jun 12, 2020

Canadian expert says he is confident COVID-19 vaccine is months, not years away
OTTAWA - One of Canada's preeminent infectious disease experts says he is confident a vaccine for COVID-19 will be ready in months, not years. Dr. Gary Kobinger, director of the Research Cen...
Jun 12, 2020

Red Deer school districts hoping for the best, planning for everything this fall
Red Deer's two largest school districts are, like others across the province, busy working to be ready for whatever the start of the 2020-21 school year is going to look like. Education Minister Adria...
Jun 12, 2020

Liam Millar edges Sam Adekugbe to win Canada Soccer video game tournament
Liverpool's Liam Millar edged Sam Adekugbe of Norway's Valerenga Fotball 1-0 Friday to win the Canadian men's national team FIFA 20 tournament. Millar, playing with Paris Saint-Germain, went...
Jun 12, 2020

MLB offers players 80% of prorated salaries, 72-game season
Major League Baseball has offered players 80% of their prorated salaries and a 72-game regular season in an effort to start the pandemic-delayed season, according to details of the proposal obtained F...
Jun 12, 2020