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Advocacy groups remember those "Gone too Soon" on overdose awareness day
Moms Stop the Harm and Turning Point invite residents to remember those who have died from overdose and drug poisoning on International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31.On August 30, the groups will ...
Aug 28, 2024
Red Deer Polytechnic apprentice to represent Canada at World Skills Competition
Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) apprentice Ben Rainforth has been selected by Skills Canada to compete at the WorldSkills Competition in Lyon, France from September 10-15, 2024.Officials say Rainforth qual...
Aug 28, 2024
Paralympic Games opening ceremony starts the final chapter on a long summer of sport in Paris
PARIS (AP) - Just weeks after hosting the Olympics, Paris began the final chapter of its summer of sports Wednesday with the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games. Against the backdrop of a setting...
Aug 28, 2024
Ottawa cyclist Derek Gee needs new goals after shattering own expectations
With the season he's had, Derek Gee needs a new set of goals. The 27-year-old cyclist from Ottawa surprised "everyone" - including himself - by finishing third at the Criterium du Dauphine in June and...
Aug 28, 2024
Paralympic Games opening ceremony starts the final chapter on a long summer of sport in Paris
PARIS (AP) - Just weeks after hosting the Olympics, Paris began the final chapter of its summer of sports Wednesday with the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games. Against the backdrop of a setting...
Aug 28, 2024
Trial set for local teen accused of assaulting Red Deer transit driver
A trial date has been scheduled for an 18-year-old resident accused of assaulting a Red Deer transit driver this spring. Drake Edward Davidson, of Red Deer, is scheduled for trial in Red Deer Court of...
Aug 28, 2024
Study finds no evidence Tories were behind bot campaign that posted about Poilievre
OTTAWA - There is no evidence that indicates the federal Conservatives were behind a bot network on social media that praised a Pierre Poilievre rally, a new study has found. The Canadian Digital Medi...
Aug 28, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Emergency meeting for Opposition BC United
VICTORIA - A BC United legislator says he's called an emergency meeting of the party caucus to discuss the future of British Columbia's official Opposition, less than eight weeks before the provincial...
Aug 28, 2024
Central Alberta man charged in drug and firearms seizure, scheduled for trial
Trial dates have been scheduled for one of three people charged following a drug and firearms investigation in Mountain View County earlier this year. Michael Ryan Goodine, 48, a resident of Mountain ...
Aug 28, 2024
Vancouver's Leah John trusting the process in first professional season on Epson Tour
Leah John knows that the standard answer for on what her goals are as an up-and-coming golfer should be something like "top 15 on the Epson Tour" or "get my LPGA card." But, if she's being honest, she...
Aug 28, 2024