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Desmond inquiry: Doctors expected to testify as inquiry enters second week
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry investigating why a mentally ill Afghanistan war veteran fatally shot three members of this family before killing himself enters its second week of hearin...
Feb 03, 2020

Suspect dead after RCMP officer involved shooting in Lloydminster
LLOYDMINSTER- The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has been called in to investigate an officer involved shooting that left a male suspect dead in Lloydminster, Alta.The RCMP say that when offic...
Feb 03, 2020
Trial to begin in Calgary for man charged in death of four-year-old daughter
CALGARY- A murder trial is scheduled to begin today for a man charged in the death of his young daughter.Police have said they were called in December of 2014 to a home in Calgary, where they found th...
Feb 03, 2020

'A roof over my head:' Tiny homes provide hope for homeless military veterans
CALGARY - Dirk Lemcke spent 8 1/2 years in a combat regiment with the United States military before he became a truck driver and a painter. He never expected to be homeless. Suffering f...
Feb 03, 2020

Canadians in Wuhan and the Desmond inquiry; In The News for Feb. 3
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 3. What we are watching in Canada ... OTT...
Feb 03, 2020

Premier Kenney heads to Montreal and Washington, D.C. to talk business and pipelines
EDMONTON- Premier Jason Kenney will travel to Montreal and Washington, D.C., this week.A statement from Kenney's office says the trip, which starts Monday and continues until next Sunday, will promote...
Feb 03, 2020

Weekly Scoreboard: February 3-9, 2020
*All records shown are current prior to the week beginning**If you have a local sports score or story you'd like to see on our website, email news@rdnewsnow.com or josh@rdnewsnow.comDQ ATHLETE OF THE ...
Feb 03, 2020

Ukraine: Recordings show Iran knew jetliner hit by a missile
KYIV, Ukraine - A leaked recording of an exchange between an Iranian air-traffic controller and an Iranian pilot purports to show that authorities immediately knew a missile had downed a Ukrainian jet...
Feb 03, 2020

Ukraine: Recordings show Iran knew jetliner hit by a missile
KYIV, Ukraine - A leaked recording of an exchange between an Iranian air-traffic controller and an Iranian pilot purports to show that authorities immediately knew a missile had downed a Ukrainian jet...
Feb 03, 2020

Indigenous community votes down proposed nuclear waste bunker near Lake Huron
TORONTO - An Indigenous community has overwhelmingly rejected a proposed underground storage facility for nuclear waste near Lake Huron, likely spelling the end for a multibillion-dollar, politically ...
Feb 03, 2020