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Body image play brings positive message to local students
Roughly 160 Grade 7 students from Westpark Middle School gathered at the former Pines School on Friday to take in a play about body image and the pressures faced by youth from both peers and media.'Un...
Nov 22, 2019 Grade 7 students from Westpark Middle School were at the Pines campus on Friday to hear a message about the importance of positive self-talk and having a positive body image through a play called Under My Skin. (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
Quebec 'part of solution' finance minister says in bid to ease tension with West
MONTREAL - Quebec's finance minister is trying to ease tensions between his province and Western Canada. In an open letter published Friday in the Financial Post, Eric Girard said his province&nb...
Nov 22, 2019
Canadian volunteers helping with Dorian recovery efforts in the Bahamas
A group of Canadian volunteers helping with recovery efforts in the Bahamas say the harrowing story of a Canadian woman's death during hurricane Dorian inspired them to help rebuild a school wher...
Nov 22, 2019
Shanahan on firing Babcock, promoting Keefe: 'Something that needed to be done'
TORONTO - Brendan Shanahan had seen enough. And since he helped bring Mike Babcock to Toronto in the spring of 2015, the president of the Maple Leafs felt it was only right he be there when ...
Nov 22, 2019
Left foot, right foot, Snickers and Skittles — superstitions abound with Grey Cup teams
CALGARY - Football players prefer to call them pre-game rituals rather than superstitions, but some Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats players are particular about what they do in...
Nov 22, 2019
RCMP investigating suspicious vehicle fire near Penhold
RCMP are investigating what's considered to be a suspicious vehicle fire east of Penhold that forced the closure of Highway 42 for over an hour on Friday.Chief Jim Pendergast says 15 firefighters, fou...
Nov 22, 2019 Firefighters work to put out a truck fire along Highway 42 at Range Road 275 near Penhold on Friday. (Penhold Fire Department)
Lacombe Police investigating vehicle fire
Lacombe Police are calling on members of the public to help them identify a truck suspected to be associated with a vehicle fire this week.On Nov. 18, police were dispatched to a vehicle fire in a par...
Nov 22, 2019 Lacombe Police are hoping someone can help them identify this pickup truck believed to be associated with a vehicle fire Nov. 18. (Lacombe Police)
Hope for rural residents to get better broadband access
Rural Canadians, including those in Clearwater County have struggled for years with minimal access to cellphone service and high speed internet.Newly-elected Yellowhead MLA Gerald Soroka recently rele...
Nov 22, 2019
Council defeats motion to explore expanded use of Connex bus service in Lacombe
A proposal to explore the possible expanded use of Lacombe's Connex bus service has been defeated by city council.On Tuesday, council defeated a notice of motion introduced by councillor Don Gullekson...
Nov 22, 2019 (rdnewsNOW.com)
US officials: Don’t eat romaine grown in Salinas, California
NEW YORK - U.S. health officials are telling people to avoid romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, as they investigate a food poisoning outbreak. They also say not to eat the leafy green if th...
Nov 22, 2019