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Red Deer man charged in Glendale standoff to go to trial
A Red Deer man charged in an armed standoff with police last month will go to trial next year.Christopher Elijah Sinclair, 36, is scheduled to have a three-day trial by judge alone starting Jan. 29, 2...
May 17, 2019 RCMP responded to a home on Galbraith Street in Red Deer Apr. 4 where they say a man was armed and barricaded.
Toronto FC waiting on Altidore's health -- and next transfer window
Toronto FC ends a stretch of five games in 15 days Saturday when it faces Real Salt Lake City at Rio Tinto Stadium with a question-mark over key forward Jozy Altidore. The U.S. international's fi...
May 17, 2019
Huawei hit by US export controls, potential import ban
In a fateful swipe at telecommunications giant Huawei, the Trump administration issued an executive order Wednesday apparently aimed at banning its equipment from U.S. networks and said it was subject...
May 17, 2019
Mental health and suicide: Seeking help most important, say local advocates
It's been nearly four years since Lindsey More, a Red Deer high school student, ended her own life.Her legacy lives on though because of the foundation -- Smiles Thru Lindsey -- created by her father ...
May 17, 2019 Rick More (pictured) operates the Smiles Thru Lindsey Foundation, named after his daughter who died by suicide in 2015. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Business manager sentenced for defrauding Ne-Yo, McKnight
NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey man who served as business manager for Ne-Yo has been sentenced in Ohio to more than seven years in prison for defrauding the R&B singer in a sports beverage scheme. Ke...
May 17, 2019
RCMP video brings home reality in a 'visceral way': former TRC chairman
OTTAWA - Former Truth and Reconciliation commissioner Murray Sinclair says a video of a Mountie interrogating a young Indigenous woman disclosing sexual abuse in B.C. foster care brings home...
May 17, 2019
Woodstock 50 festival: Investment bank is lining up money
NEW YORK - Organizers of the Woodstock 50 festival are signalling progress toward resolving a financial crunch after a falling-out with backer Amplifi Live. The festival announced Friday that investme...
May 17, 2019
University gets horror filmmaker George Romero's archives
PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh is getting a spooky addition: the archives of late iconic horror filmmaker George A. Romero. Romero's horror flicks date back to the 1968 film "Night of the L...
May 17, 2019
Canadian company pleads guilty to peddling vast database of personal information
OTTAWA - The RCMP says a Canadian-based company that peddled an illicit trove of 1.5 billion user names and associated passwords has pleaded guilty to criminal charges. In a news r...
May 17, 2019
Red Deer RCMP investigating rash of break and enters overnight
Red Deer RCMP are investigating a series of break and enters and thefts overnight involving several local businesses.Cpl. Karyn Kay says some of those businesses include Red Deer Toyota in Gasoline Al...
May 17, 2019 Police say the door of the Fas Gas convenience store at 7960 50 Avenue was shot in early Friday morning. (Keith Petten)