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Riggers stepping up to the plate after slow start
The Red Deer Riggers have turned things around following an inauspicious start to the Sunburst League season.Since dropping four of their first five outings, the senior men's team has reeled off five ...
Jul 15, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)
Boxing champ Pernell Whitaker dies; hit by car in Virginia
Pernell Whitaker, an Olympic gold medallist and four division champion who was regarded as one of the greatest defensive fighters ever, has died after being hit by a car in Virginia. He was 55. Police...
Jul 15, 2019
Weakened Barry unleashes a final blast of torrential rains
NEW ORLEANS - Though Tropical Depression Barry failed to unleash catastrophic flooding in New Orleans, it still swamped parts of Louisiana with up to 17 inches (43 centimetres) of rain and transformed...
Jul 15, 2019
AltaLink hosting open houses for proposed new transmission line through central Alberta
AltaLink is hosting a pair of open houses this week aimed at gathering public input on a proposed new transmission line through central Alberta.Officials say the Central East Transfer-Out Project invo...
Jul 15, 2019
China's economy growth cools further amid US tariff war
BEIJING - China's economic growth sank to its lowest level in at least 26 years in the quarter ending in June, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington. The wor...
Jul 15, 2019
MPC approves Hazlett Lake subdivision
The City of Red Deer's Municipal Planning Commission has granted conditional approval for the subdivision of lands straddling the City - County municipal boundary along Highway 11A.The subdivision is ...
Jul 15, 2019 Subject area lands
Jeffrey Epstein will remain jailed as judge mulls bail
NEW YORK - Financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars for now as a federal judge mulls whether to grant bail on charges he sexually abused underage girls. The judge said he needed more time to ...
Jul 15, 2019
Public Health Agency probes matter at National Microbiology Laboratory
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it is looking into an "administrative matter" at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg after it advised the Mounties of possible policy...
Jul 15, 2019
MISSING: 15 y/o Alicia Buffalo-Crane from Maskwacis
Maskwacis RCMP are asking for public assistance to locate 15-year-old Alicia Buffalo-Crane. She was last seen in Maskwacis on June 25 and is believed to be in the Maskwacis, Wetaskiwin or Edmonton are...
Jul 15, 2019 Alicia Buffalo-Crane
Desjardins announces permanent digital protection to all members following breach
MONTREAL - The chief executive of Desjardins Group says it will offer permanent data protection to all its members - and not just those affected by a massive personal data breach report...
Jul 15, 2019