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Lawyers: Robert Durst wrote incriminating 'cadaver' note
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for New York real estate heir Robert Durst acknowledge he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he's accused of killing, according to court doc...
Jan 02, 2020
RCMP investigating break-in and vehicle theft from Canadian Tire north
RCMP are investigating a break-in and vehicle theft at the Canadian Tire location in north Red Deer this week. It happened shortly before 2:00 a.m. on Dec. 30 when Mounties say a suspect or suspects b...
Jan 02, 2020 RCMP are looking for a suspect(s) after a break-in and stolen vehicle incident at the Canadian Tire north location in Red Deer on Dec. 30. (Skip Reeves)
Cautious optimism for local real estate market in 2020
The new president of the Central Alberta Realtors Association (CARA) is describing 2019 as a slight improvement over the year previous for the local real estate market.However, Allan Melbourne says th...
Jan 02, 2020 Allan Melbourne, president, Central Alberta Realtors Association for 2020. (Supplied)
Veterans Affairs looks for public input on monument for Afghanistan mission
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking for advice from the public on what a monument to Canada's 13-year mission in Afghanistan should look like. An online consultation runs until Jan. 20, seeking...
Jan 02, 2020
Minister says change won't come 'overnight' as new child-welfare law takes effect
OTTAWA - Some Indigenous communities could soon take over authority for their child-welfare systems under a federal law that took effect this week. But it could be years before others are prepare...
Jan 02, 2020
Canada overcomes adversity, cruises past Czechs to win Group B at world juniors
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Canada was embarrassed by one of its bitter rivals, had its star cut down by injury, its captain embroiled in controversy and a key player suspended. It w...
Jan 02, 2020
Weekly Scoreboard: Jan 1-5, 2020
*All records shown are current prior to the week beginning**If you have a local sports score or story you'd like to see on our website, email news@rdnewsnow.com or josh@rdnewsnow.comRED DEER REBELS (1...
Jan 02, 2020
Yankees' German suspended 81 games for domestic violence
NEW YORK - Yankees pitcher Domingo Germn will miss the first 63 games of the 2020 season as part of an 81-game ban for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy. The league announced ...
Jan 02, 2020
Operation Red Nose volunteers hit by possible drunk driver near Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS - A volunteer organization that offers free rides to drivers who may have been drinking ended its year with a stark reminder of why the service is so important.RCMP say an Operation Red Nose ...
Jan 02, 2020 (Photo: CFJC Today)
Mounties defend social-media profiling after assembling portrait of activist
OTTAWA - The RCMP is defending its practice of profiling people by scouring their online social-media presences, saying the national police force lawfully obtains information with the aim of ...
Jan 02, 2020