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Modulars to help ease space crunch at Catholic schools in Sylvan Lake
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has announced that cole Our Lady of the Rosary School in Sylvan Lake will be receiving two modular classrooms this summer.The district says these modulars will allow...
Apr 15, 2020 (Photo: Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools)
Trudeau bats away WHO questions, says Canada focused on fighting COVID-19
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused Wednesday to join the escalating global debate about the World Health Organization's handling of the COVID-19 crisis, insisting Canada remains f...
Apr 15, 2020
'What's going to happen?' Alberta teen recounts brush with death from COVID-19
OKOTOKS, Alta. - Matt Greenshields never worried about COVID-19 until he found himself thinking about death as he was being wheeled down the empty, darkened hallways of a hospital on his way...
Apr 15, 2020
Canada needs to increase testing capacity before life can return to normal: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada needs a much greater capacity to test for the novel coronavirus before life can return to normal. The federal government and public health officials ...
Apr 15, 2020
Harsh policing and big fines don't make people safer from COVID-19: criminologists
Corey Yanofsky, a data scientist living in Ottawa, took his dog out for a walk last week and ended up with an $880 fine for standing in the wrong place during the COVID-19 pan...
Apr 15, 2020
Wolfpack player James Cunningham likely laid low by virus after hamstring surgery
James Cunningham just wasn't feeling right, as if he was about to come down with something. So the Toronto Wolfpack hooker/scrum half, recovering from earlier hamstring surgery, was sent home some fiv...
Apr 15, 2020
Barker feels COVID-19 pandemic robbed XFL of time to establish a following
TORONTO - Jim Barker remains a member of a rare pro football fraternity. In 2001, Barker was the offensive co-ordinator with the Los Angeles Xtreme team that captured the first - and on...
Apr 15, 2020
Charges laid in Red Deer shooting
Charges have now been laid in a shooting last week in east Red Deer that sent one man to hospital.RCMP say Austin Sim-Pelletier, 20, is charged with attempted murder, seven firearms offences and being...
Apr 15, 2020 Police vehicles sit near Holy Family School in Deer Park on Apr. 9, 2020. (Contributed)
Canada's GDP fell by 9% in March, largest drop since at least 1961
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Statistics Canada has released its "flash estimate" for Canada's gross domestic product (GDP) for last month and it's not good.They say Canada's GDP declined by approximately nine per...
Apr 15, 2020 Statistics Canada. (The Canadian Press)
City of Red Deer has enough cash to get through spring: Veer
Red Deer's mayor says the city's cash flow situation remains strong for now. But Tara Veer expects the situation will be different come summer depending on how many residents and businesses choose not...
Apr 15, 2020 Mayor Tara Veer speaks during an update to the community on April 14. (Snapshot from Facebook live stream)