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'Fixer Upper' couple plans $10.4M Texas development plan
WACO, Texas - Former "Fixer Upper" hosts Chip and Joanna Gaines have introduced a $10.4 million plan to expand on the popular shops they operate in their Texas hometown of Waco. The Waco Tribune-Heral...
Jun 21, 2019
Judge orders special prosecutor to examine Smollett probe
CHICAGO - A judge decided to appoint a special prosecutor Friday to investigate the decision by Cook County prosecutors to dismiss all charges against actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of lying t...
Jun 21, 2019
Thieves swipe knives during downtown business break-in
Red Deer RCMP are investigating a break-in and theft at The Key Hole, a downtown business on 49 Street and 51 Avenue.The incident occurred around 3 a.m. on June 15, according to Constable Derek Turner...
Jun 21, 2019 The Key Hole on 51 Avenue in downtown Red Deer is partially boarded up after a break-in and theft on the morning of June 15. (Jason Hives)
Road closures on Taylor and Kerry Wood Drive
On Monday June 24, Taylor Drive and Kerry Wood Drive will have partial lane closures to accommodate surveying.Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Ple...
Jun 21, 2019
'Minimum of nine bullets:' Trial hears Manitoba Mountie shot man numerous times
THOMPSON, Man. - A forensic pathologist has testified that an RCMP officer in northern Manitoba shot a man at least nine times before he died. Const. Abram Letkeman has pleaded not guilty to...
Jun 21, 2019
City honours National Indigenous Peoples Day
"As long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the river flows," reads the text of Treaty 6, signed in 1876 to represent an accord between the Canadian Crown and various First Nations."Those treaties...
Jun 21, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Elementary student receives Honourable Mention for Indigenous Student Award
A local elementary school student received some special recognition on Friday during National Indigenous Peoples Day.Grade 5 student, Alexa Houle-Stamp received an Honourable Mention for the Honouring...
Jun 21, 2019 Anne Marie Watson (Chair Trustee), Alexa Houle-Stamp, Cynthia Leyson (Trustee)
Wants mandate for plans: Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister moves up election date
WINNIPEG - Premier Brian Pallister, saying he needs a new mandate from voters after fulfilling key promises from his last campaign, has moved up the provincial election by more than a year. ...
Jun 21, 2019
Celebrations across Canada to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day
TORONTO - Events were held across Canada on Friday to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day, including a sunrise ceremony in Toronto, a totem pole unveiling in Whitehorse and the renaming of a str...
Jun 21, 2019
Sir Elton John to get France's Legion of Honor from Macron
PARIS - Sir Elton John is to receive the Legion of Honor, France's highest award, during a visit to the presidential Elysee Palace. The singer is to meet first on Friday with French President Emmanuel...
Jun 21, 2019