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Olds residents facing identity theft-related charges
The search of a central Alberta hotel room by RCMP last month has resulted in identity theft-related charges for two people from Olds.On Apr. 16, Olds RCMP received a complaint of identity theft, with...
May 17, 2019
NY Mayor Bill de Blasio could be latest White House hopeful
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to visit a pair of early voting states ahead of an expected entry into the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential race. De Blasio is scheduled to appear Thursday...
May 17, 2019
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