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Lacombe implements new measures for municipal facilities
The City of Lacombe is taking a number of new measures in light of announcements made this week by the provincial government related to COVID-19.The measures are as follows:City Hall and Public WorksL...
Sep 19, 2021
RCMP investigating pedestrian hit and run in Red Deer County
Innisfail Mounties are asking for the public's assistance as they investigate a hit and run to a pedestrian as well as the theft of the pedestrian's vehicle.On Sept. 18, at approximately 1:45 pm, Inni...
Sep 19, 2021
Road to Canada's Olympic curling trials crowded in Ottawa tournaments
OTTAWA - Jockeying to represent Canada in team curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing escalates Wednesday in Ottawa with a pair of events designed to complete the trials and pre-trials fields ...
Sep 19, 2021
Volcano erupts on Atlantic island; lava threatens some homes
MADRID (AP) - A volcano on Spain's Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to speed up evacuations for 1,000 people as lava...
Sep 19, 2021
Imams ask Conservative candidate to quit over poor follow-up on apology for posts
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - The Canadian Council of Imams says the Conservative candidate in Nova Scotia's Central Nova riding must resign because his apology for Islamophobic media posts was an insincere atte...
Sep 19, 2021
Imams ask Conservative candidate to quit over poor follow-up on apology for posts
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - The Canadian Council of Imams says the Conservative candidate in Nova Scotia's Central Nova riding must resign because his apology for Islamophobic media posts was an insincere atte...
Sep 19, 2021
US begins flying Haitian migrants home from Texas
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) - The United States began flying some of the thousands of Haitian migrants who have crossed from Mexico into a Texas border camp back to their poverty-stricken homeland on Sunday, ...
Sep 19, 2021
Trudeau makes last-minute appeal to progressive voters on final campaign day
MONTREAL - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau kicked off the final day of the federal election campaign by telling progressive voters that his party is the best option to stop Erin O'Toole's Conservatives ...
Sep 19, 2021
Witnesses say explosion targets Taliban, 2nd in as many days
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Witnesses say an explosion targeted a Taliban vehicle in the provincial city of Jalalabad, the second such deadly blast in as many days in an Islamic State stronghold. The Ta...
Sep 19, 2021
Snowbird season: Canadian retirees hope for prompt COVID booster shots in U.S. south
WASHINGTON - Canadian snowbirds will be watching closely this week, suitcases at the ready and RVs full of fuel, to see if the United States finally eases the travel restrictions preventing them from ...
Sep 19, 2021