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Special prosecutor to aid probe into Alberta United Conservative leadership vote
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says a special out-of-province prosecutor will assist in a criminal fraud investigation into the United Conservative Party leadership race won by ...
Jul 05, 2019
Governor General won't move into Rideau Hall until further notice
OTTAWA - The Governor General will not move into her official residence in Ottawa this summer and there is no date for when she might. Julie Payette has not lived in Rideau Hall since she took office&...
Jul 05, 2019
Bahamas police were told billionaire Cline was on helicopter
NASSAU, Bahamas - Police in the Bahamas worked Friday to identify the bodies of seven Americans killed in a helicopter crash after being told that billionaire coal tycoon and Republican donor Chris Cl...
Jul 05, 2019
New look for Roughriders mascot causes controversy in Saskatchewan
REGINA - Gainer the Gopher has found out this week just how much controversy a makeover can cause. Gainer, who has been the mascot for the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders since 1977, unveiled a ne...
Jul 05, 2019
Montreal unveils plan to respond to heat waves after 66 deaths last year
MONTREAL - With a potential heat wave looming, Montreal says it's prepared to lengthen pool hours and send firefighters door to door to mitigate conditions that contributed to the death of 66 people l...
Jul 05, 2019
Council to take another crack at fireworks ban
A ban on fireworks in Red Deer may soon be coming soon after all.Such a ban was in place until Alberta chose in April to be regulated by the National Fire Code. This rendered existing rules for munici...
Jul 05, 2019
UNESCO gives Canada new deadline to preserve Wood Buffalo National Park
A United Nations body has given Canada a new deadline to repair the country's largest national park and the government is promising greater efforts to stop its deterioration. At a meeting this week in...
Jul 05, 2019
Fest drops Peter Yarrow over 'indecent liberties' sentence
NEW YORK - A music festival has disinvited folk singer Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary over his 1970 jail sentence for indecent liberties with a 14-year-old girl. The Press and Sun Bulletin of Bi...
Jul 05, 2019
Red Deer permit values up year over year in June
Building permit values in Red Deer were down in June, but higher than the year previous.Estimated value of all permits issued last month was just over $6.9 million, as opposed to $6.0 million in June ...
Jul 05, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Coleman's mother says her daughter was frightened and robotic after captivity
OTTAWA - Lynda Coleman says her daughter, Caitlan, was an unemotional automaton who was afraid of her husband in the weeks after she and Joshua Boyle were released from captivity. Coleman, 7...
Jul 05, 2019