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RDP Athletes of the Week
Red Deer Polytechnic Athletics is proud to announce the Athletes of the Week for Jan. 31:Amy Szymanek - Queens Basketball Hometown - Stauffer, Alberta Bachelor of Education Middle School (3rd year)Amy...
Feb 03, 2022
U.S.-bound trucks moving toward Coutts after brief blockade near Milk River
Trucks are again rolling south toward the main U.S. border crossing in southern Alberta.A new blockade on the highway leading to the Coutts border crossing briefly choked off traffic heading south tod...
Feb 03, 2022
Ex-Chicago officer who killed Laquan McDonald leaves prison
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McDonald - an early...
Feb 03, 2022
Quebec court says justice minister's intervention on judge bilingualism illegal
MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court has ruled that the province's justice minister does not get to decide whether judges can be required to speak English as well as French. The case was centred aroun...
Feb 03, 2022
New blockade in Alberta cutting off traffic to U.S. border crossing
MILK RIVER, ALBERTA - RCMP say a second blockade on a highway leading to the main United States border crossing in Alberta has choked off traffic. "Protesters have stopped traffic from going southboun...
Feb 03, 2022
Bayern Munich says Davies is fine but "bored" as he recovers from myocarditis
Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian star Alphonso Davies is fine but bored as he recovers from myocarditis following a bout with COVID-19. Bayern said Jan. 5 that the 21-year-old fro...
Feb 03, 2022
The Lending Cupboard still trying to sell off extra stock
We at The Lending Cupboard are sending out a quick reminder that we have stock onsite that is available for purchase to help folks who may need it for extended periods of time."Our mission is clear - ...
Feb 03, 2022
Canadian military cuts dozens of unvaccinated troops, puts hundreds more on notice
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says dozens of Canadian Armed Forces members who refused to get vaccinated have now been kicked out of the military. Release proceedings have started for hu...
Feb 03, 2022
Stay of proceedings in central Alberta drive-by shooting
There has been a stay of proceedings for one of two men charged in a drive-by shooting in central Alberta last summer.Shayden Trey Rain, 20, of Maskwacis, was facing eight counts, including two of att...
Feb 03, 2022
Legal proceedings halted in Red Deer's largest ever fentanyl bust
There has been a stay of proceedings for all three people charged in what police described as the largest fentanyl bust in Red Deer's history.The stay, which took place on Jan. 10, 2022, means legal p...
Feb 03, 2022