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Municipal leaders ask province to work together on fair funding model
Municipal leaders in Alberta are calling on the provincial government to work with them to amend Bill 20.They mayors of Calgary and Edmonton and the presidents of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (...
Nov 04, 2019 AUMA president Barry Morishita (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Some possible candidates to succeed Elizabeth May as federal Green leader
OTTAWA - A look at possible contenders to replace Elizabeth May as leader of the federal Green party: Peter Bevan-Baker - In this year's Prince Edward Island election, provincial Green leader Bev...
Nov 04, 2019
RCMP looking for wanted Red Deer man
UPDATE (Nov. 14) - RCMP advise that Shaw was recently located and arrested without incident.--- Red Deer RCMP are seeking the public's help in locating a man accused of fraudulently selling a motorcyc...
Nov 04, 2019 Chance Shaw, 28, of Red Deer, is wanted by RCMP.
'Quite optimistic:' Injured Bronco player has spinal surgery in Thailand
BANGKOK - A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has received spinal surgery in Thailand that he hopes will restore some of his movement. Doctors on Monday implanted an ...
Nov 04, 2019
Hamilton Forge FC claim first Canadian Premier League championship
CALGARY - Hamilton Forge FC shut down the highest-scoring team in the Canadian Premier League to claim the inaugural championship. Forge became the first CPL club to hoist the North Star Shield with a...
Nov 04, 2019
Leafs' Muzzin ready for 1st game versus Kings as Tavares inches closer to return
TORONTO - Jake Muzzin will be in uncharted waters. The big defenceman has made a home on the Maple Leafs' blue line since the Los Angeles Kings traded him to Toronto nine months ago. A calmi...
Nov 04, 2019
Calgary Dinos uniforms stolen ahead of U Sports women's soccer championship
CALGARY - A set of University of Calgary women's soccer uniforms was stolen ahead of the team's appearance at the national championship starting Thursday. Head coach Troye Flannery said the ...
Nov 04, 2019
Appeal filed in Red Deer Dream Centre proposal
An appeal has been filed after Red Deer's Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) last month denied an application for a downtown drug and alcohol treatment centre.Wes Giesbrecht, co-chair of the proposed...
Nov 04, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Scientists using aerial drones to compare northern and southern whale behaviour
VANCOUVER - Scientists at the University of British Columbia are using aerial drones to study whether endangered southern resident killer whales are getting enough of their preferred pr...
Nov 04, 2019
'I need answers:' Slain caseworker's sister in court as mental exam ordered
CALGARY - The sister of a caseworker who was stabbed to death while on the job at an assisted-living home says she doesn't want any other family to suffer the same way. Nancy Euwangue travel...
Nov 04, 2019