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Judge rejects Avenatti request to move case to California
NEW YORK - California attorney Michael Avenatti will face charges that he ripped off porn star Stormy Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds in New York rather than Los Angeles, ...
Sep 26, 2019
Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews facing charge of disorderly conduct
Toronto Maple Leafs star forward Auston Matthews is facing a charge of disorderly conduct and disruptive behaviour after an incident in his hometown of Scottsdale, Ariz., in May. A police report obtai...
Sep 26, 2019
Alberta increasing oil production limits
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government has increased oil production limits for November and December.According to a release issued Thursday afternoon, the province will be increasing the production lim...
Sep 26, 2019
Global Climate Strike at City Hall Friday
The Global Climate Strike is coming to Red Deer on Friday.Facilitated locally by The Council of Canadians, the event is being held to show solidarity with participating students worldwide and bring aw...
Sep 26, 2019 Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg is shown here during a recent march to urge governments around the world to take more action against climate change. (Canadian Press)
Greens wouldn't prop up minority government that backs pipelines: May
MONTREAL - On the eve of a major climate march in Montreal, the Green party warned that it would never support a minority government without a credible and verifiable environmental plan. That inc...
Sep 26, 2019
U.S. military expert urges Canada to 'be in the fight' as Mideast tensions rise
BANFF, Alta. - A U.S. military expert who famously turned down an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to act as his national security adviser says it's more important than ever that Canada "be...
Sep 26, 2019
Domingo withdraws from Met Opera after harassment reports
NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Opera announced Tuesday that Plcido Domingo had agreed to withdraw from his slate of scheduled performances at the opera house following allegations of sexual harassment ma...
Sep 26, 2019
Cold weather to park itself over Red Deer this weekend
It's about to get cold and snowy in these parts.Environment Canada has issued both a Special Weather Statement and Frost Advisory for the Red Deer region.The Special Weather Statement states the follo...
Sep 26, 2019
Trump administration proposes historically low refugee limit
NEW YORK - The Trump administration wants to cap the number of refugees admitted into the United States to the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980. A State Department prop...
Sep 26, 2019
Amazon offers a way to delete Alexa recordings automatically
NEW YORK - Users of Amazon's Alexa digital assistant can now request that recordings of their voice commands delete automatically. Amazon says it saves such commands to improve the service. But the pr...
Sep 26, 2019