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China says faulty masks a 'contractual' matter that has been fixed
OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy in Ottawa claimed Monday that the one million faulty N95 masks that arrived in Canada from China last month were the result of a "contractual" issue that has now been...
May 04, 2020
RCMP investigating homicide on O’Chiese First Nation
The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating a homicide at the O'Chiese First Nation.On Friday, May 1, Rocky Mountain House RCMP responded to a 911 call about a male in a residence in medical distress....
May 04, 2020
Gas prices will fluctuate along with reopening economies: GasBuddy
If you think you've noticed a sharp rise in gas prices of late, you're right. The average price for a litre of gas in Red Deer on Monday was 79 cents per litre. That's 14.5 cents/litre higher than the...
May 04, 2020 Gas prices in Red Deer on May 4 averaged 79 cents per litre. (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)
Ontario calls for a national strategy on contact tracing of COVID-19 cases
TORONTO - Ontario's premier is calling for a national strategy on contact tracing. Doug Ford says he spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday about the matter and planned to make t...
May 04, 2020
Alberta delays release of guidelines on parks partnerships
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is delaying the release of information on its parks partnership plan.A spokeswoman for Environment Minister Jason Nixon says staff have been too busy working on parks...
May 04, 2020
Star Wars Day promotion gone wrong leads to police incident in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE - May the fourth is widely known among fans of the sci-fi series as Star Wars Day. As such, a business in Lethbridge themed around the franchise wanted to put on a promotion to celebrate it...
May 04, 2020 The employee dressed in the Star Wars stormtrooper costumer at Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina in Lethbridge. (Supplied to Lethbridge News NOw by Bradley Whalen)
Kingfish Ingram wins 5 Blues Music Awards in online show
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram took home five Blues Music Awards in an online ceremony that featured appearances by Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and other musicians. The awards sh...
May 04, 2020
City crews restore power following three outages in 15 hours
Two pole fires and a failed transformer are to blame for three separate power outages in Red Deer Sunday night and Monday morning.Officials with the City's Electric, Light and Power (EL&P) departm...
May 04, 2020
Red Deer sees additional COVID-19 recovery, active cases now 5
Alberta is reporting 70 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total to 5,836.In Red Deer, the number of COVID-19 cases remains 36, but there is an additional recovery being reported. The numbe...
May 04, 2020
Nunavut's first COVID-19 case turns out to be false positive
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Canada's High Arctic may still be free of the novel coronavirus. A case of COVID-19 supposedly confirmed in the remote Nunavut community of Pond Inlet last week has turned out to be...
May 04, 2020