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WATCH: Province announces plan to reduce surgical wait times
The provincial government has announced $100 million in capital funding aimed at reducing surgical wait times in Alberta.The province says the investment will help hospitals across the province upgrad...
Mar 04, 2020
Doctors try 1st CRISPR editing in the body for blindness
Scientists say they have used the gene editing tool CRISPR inside someone's body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on DNA, the chemical code of life, to treat diseases. A patie...
Mar 04, 2020
Despite deaths, so far no shutdown orders in Seattle area
SEATTLE - As the coronavirus spread through Asia officials closed the schools in China, Japan and Hong Kong but at the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States, officials in Washington have so f...
Mar 04, 2020
Supreme Court divided in 1st big abortion case of Trump era
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared divided in its first major abortion case of the Trump era, leaving Chief Justice John Roberts as the likely deciding vote. Roberts did not say enough to tip his...
Mar 04, 2020
Jury decides Tavis Smiley must pay PBS in #MeToo dispute
WASHINGTON - A jury decided Wednesday that former television talk show host Tavis Smiley, who was fired amid allegations of workplace sexual misconduct at the height of the #MeToo movement, must pay a...
Mar 04, 2020
Deal reached on bipartisan $8.3B bill to battle coronavirus
WASHINGTON - Capitol Hill negotiators have reached agreement on an $8.3 billion measure to battle the coronavirus outbreak that's spreading and threatening a major shock to the economy and disruptions...
Mar 04, 2020
Condolyzers share fraud prevention tips for condo boards
March is Fraud Prevention Month and the Condolyzers in Red Deer are sharing the following tips for both professionally and self-managed corporations to help avoid falling victim to fraud.Is the manage...
Mar 04, 2020
Marilyn Gladu visits Red Deer on Conservative leadership campaign tour
Marilyn Gladu is one of the Conservative members of parliament running to become the leader of her party. The MP of Sarnia-Lambton in Ontario since 2015 made a stop in Red Deer on Tuesday to talk with...
Mar 04, 2020 (Supplied photo)
Mother of Lacombe murder victim furious both accused are out on bail
The mother of a young man murdered in Lacombe last year says she's lost her faith in Canada's justice system.Carrie Cocke of Ponoka says with both people charged in her son's death now walking free af...
Mar 04, 2020 Jeffery Kraft, 20, of Ponoka, died on Dec. 15, 2019 after suffering a gunshot wound during an altercation in Lacombe.
Clashes erupt on Greece-Turkey border as migrants seek entry
KASTANIES, Greece - Greek authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades Wednesday morning to repulse a push by migrants to cross its land border from Turkey, as pressure continued along its frontier af...
Mar 04, 2020