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Collaboration key in helping crime victims, survivors
Organizers behind Red Deer's first 'Power of Collaboration' forum for Victims and Survivors of Crime Week hope a bridge was gapped for some attendees who may be unsure how to start getting help.The fo...
May 31, 2019 Brad Cunningham, a survivor of sexual violence, was the keynote speaker at a forum in Red Deer on May 31. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Public school boards urging province to delay Education Act
The president of the Public School Boards' Association of Alberta believes there needs to be a one-year delay in the United Conservatives' promise to implement the Education Act.Cathy Hogg says it's a...
May 31, 2019 Cathy Hogg, President of the Public School Boards' Association of Albert. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Kenney says carbon taxes won't help stop forest fire threat
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says forest fires have always been around and carbon taxes won't do anything to change that. Kenney says a number of factors, including climate change,...
May 31, 2019
Veteran trainer Mark Casse hoping an event-free Belmont Stakes event
After an eventful opening two legs of the American Triple Crown, trainer Mark Casse wants nothing more than a drama-free Belmont Stakes. And for good reason. Casse's horse, War of Will,...
May 31, 2019
'Hold China accountable' for fentanyl, Andrew Scheer says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the federal government needs to "hold China accountable" for the flow of illicit fentanyl that has fuelled Canada's opioid crisis. Speaking to municipal...
May 31, 2019
Ralph Goodale says military will help as Alberta deals with massive wildfires
REGINA - The federal government says the military is going to help with Alberta's wildfire fight. Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says Alberta has asked for Canadian Forces assistance and...
May 31, 2019
Hazard scores 2 as Chelsea beats Arsenal 4-1 in EL final
BAKU, Azerbaijan - For Eden Hazard, it was the perfect goodbye. For Petr Cech, it was a painful way to retire. Hazard scored twice past his former teammate as Chelsea sliced through Arsenal in the sec...
May 31, 2019
Spacey lawyer says accuser deleted 'exculpatory' messages
NANTUCKET, Mass. - Kevin Spacey's attorney is accusing the man who says the actor groped him at a Nantucket bar in 2016 of deleting "exculpatory" text messages. Defence attorney Alan Jackson says in c...
May 31, 2019
Author Wally Lamb sued by ex-inmate over new book
HARTFORD, Conn. - A former Connecticut prison inmate has filed a lawsuit alleging she hasn't been paid for her contribution to a new book by author Wally Lamb and accusing Lamb of harassing and intimi...
May 31, 2019
Canada's Felicia Spencer to face former featherweight champ Cris Cyborg at UFC 240
Unbeaten Canadian Felicia (Feenom) Spencer will face former featherweight champion Cris Cyborg at UFC 240 in July in Edmonton. The July 27 Rogers Place bout will be the first for Cyborg (20-2-0 with o...
May 31, 2019