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Canada's vulnerable to money laundering on par with similar countries: expert
VANCOUVER - A senior police officer from the United Kingdom who specializes in money laundering says he believes Canada is no more vulnerable to the crime than other Western jurisd...
May 28, 2020
Oilpatch advocates tell MPs help needs to be faster, easier to get
OTTAWA - Representatives from Canada's oilpatch say they don't know of a single energy company that has yet benefited from any of Ottawa's COVID-19-inspired loan programs. Several company ow...
May 28, 2020
Graham urges older judges to retire so GOP can fill openings
WASHINGTON - Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is publicly urging federal judges in their mid-60s or older to step aside so President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans ...
May 28, 2020
Red Deer photo radar locations: June 1-30
Red Deer RCMP have released their planned photo radar locations for the month of June.Mobile units will be operating in the neighbourhoods of Oriole Park, Johnstone, Kentwood, Fairview, West Park, Gra...
May 28, 2020
Warrant issued for arrest of former PQ leader Boisclair on sex assault charges
MONTREAL - A warrant has been issued for the arrest of former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair on charges that he used a weapon to commit a sexual assault. The warrant signed by a Quebec co...
May 28, 2020
St. Patrick's Community School going to traditional school calendar for 2020-21
The situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing St. Patrick's Community School in Red Deer to adjust its calendar for the 2020-21 school year. August 31 will be the first day of school at S...
May 28, 2020
Canadian Premier League looking to resume play in Prince Edward Island
The UFC has Fight Island. The Canadian Premier League is looking at Prince Edward Island. The P.E.I. government confirmed Thursday that it has been approached by Halifax's HFX Wanderers FC "to see if ...
May 28, 2020
St. Gabriel Online School to close as Red Deer Catholic board passes 2020-21 budget
The board of trustees for Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has approved the district's 2020-21 budget that accounts for millions in lost funding over the last year.Chief among budget cuts is the clo...
May 28, 2020
With a gay protagonist, Pixar short 'Out' makes history
NEW YORK - In Steven Clay Hunter's 23 years as an animator at Pixar, he has drawn a seven-armed octopus, a Canadian daredevil and a wheezing toy penguin. But there were scenes he never expected to ani...
May 28, 2020
Super League clubs vote unanimously against reducing 2021 salary cap
Betfred Super League clubs have voted unanimously against cutting next season's salary cap. There had been talk of reducing the 2021 cap by 300,000 pounds ($509,450) to 1.8 million poun...
May 28, 2020