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Vancouver cop charged after pedestrian struck in city's Downtown Eastside last year
VANCOUVER - Prosecutors in British Columbia have approved multiple charges against a Vancouver police officer a year after a pedestrian was hit by a police car in the city's Downtown Eastside. Const. ...
Sep 08, 2023
Alberta providing funding for new buses as part of student transportation initiative
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is providing funding for more school buses in Alberta.On September 8, 2023, the province announced that up to $20 million in future funding is now available to...
Sep 08, 2023
De Grasse claims first medal of Diamond League season with bronze at Brussels
BRUSSELS - Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse claimed his first medal of the Diamond League circuit with a bronze in the men's 200 metres at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium on Frida...
Sep 08, 2023
Correctional Service reports death of inmate at Victoria-area prison
VICTORIA - The Correctional Service of Canada says an inmate serving a sentence for second-degree murder has died at the Victoria-area William Head Institution. A statement Friday says inmate Richard ...
Sep 08, 2023
Smoke and changing weather has slowed harvest throughout central Alberta
Harvest is progressing well in most areas of central Alberta, though wide spread smoke and changing weather has slowed down maturing and progress in parts of the region. According to the latest Crop R...
Sep 08, 2023
Portion of 19 Street reopening ahead of Rebels games
There are a number of traffic pattern changes coming to the intersection of 19 Street and 49 Avenue.This is as crews progress with the 19 Street Improvements Project.According to The City of Red Deer:...
Sep 08, 2023
RCMP, AHS offer advice ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day
World Suicide Prevention Day is Sept. 10, with both Red Deer RCMP and Alberta Health Services (AHS) sharing information on how to get help.The day itself was created in 2003 by the International Assoc...
Sep 08, 2023
Supreme Court is asked to reject limits on a drug used in the most common method of abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is being asked to reverse an appellate ruling that would cut off mail-order access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States. The ca...
Sep 08, 2023
Alberta enters global lithium race with opening of first extraction pilot project
Alberta's first lithium extraction pilot project is officially up and running. Calgary-based junior resource company E3 Lithium celebrated the grand opening of the site near the town of Olds in centra...
Sep 08, 2023
Blue Jays all-star shortstop Bo Bichette returns from 10-day injured list
TORONTO - Bo Bichette is back. Bichette was reinstated from the Toronto Blue Jays' 10-day injured list. The all-star shortstop has been out since Aug. 27 with a strained right quad. He took batting pr...
Sep 08, 2023