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Meng Wanzhou wins right to more documents involving arrest at Vancouver airport
VANCOUVER - Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has won an application for more documents to be disclosed as she alleges she faced an abuse of process during her arrest at Vancouver's airport last...
Dec 12, 2019
Operating Budget aims to maintain effective, efficient services in tough economy: City officials
The City of Red Deer's 2020 Operating Budget will continue an era of adapting to a difficult economic normal, city officials say.At a proposed $385.7 million, the budget seeks to maintain cost effecti...
Dec 12, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Couple who bought $120k banana art sense it will be iconic
MIAMI - A Miami couple who bought a headline-grabbing banana duct-taped to a wall have acknowledged the absurdity of the artwork, but say they believe it will become an icon and plan to gift it to a m...
Dec 12, 2019
Town of Rocky Mountain House to hold amalgamation talks with with Clearwater County, Village of Caroline
Rocky Mountain House town council will initiate discussions on amalgamation with Clearwater County and the Village of Caroline.This after council voted unanimously during a special meeting held Thursd...
Dec 12, 2019
Manitoba likely to intervene in court fight over Quebec law on religious symbols
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says his government will likely intervene in a future court battle over Quebec's secularism law. In his annual state of the province speech, Pallister ...
Dec 12, 2019
Chile: Plane that vanished en route to Antarctica found
SANTIAGO, Chile - Searchers combing Antarctic seas have recovered parts of a military transport plane and human remains belonging to some of the 38 people aboard who vanished en route to the frozen co...
Dec 12, 2019
Andrew Scheer is resigning as Conservative leader. Here's what happens next.
OTTAWA - Now that Andrew Scheer has revealed his decision to resign as Conservative leader, the party will start getting ready for the race to replace him. "They will move as fast as reasonably possib...
Dec 12, 2019
Newspaper criticizes film's take on Olympic bombing coverage
ATLANTA - After a bomb exploded in a downtown Atlanta park midway through the 1996 Olympics, a security guard initially cast as a hero was recast as a villain virtually overnight. More than 20 years l...
Dec 12, 2019
New Zealand trying to recover bodies on volcanic island
WHAKATANE, New Zealand - New Zealand police and military specialists launched a risky operation Friday to recover the bodies of eight victims of a volcanic eruption on an island that has left at least...
Dec 12, 2019
Millions in Bebawi's accounts were bonuses authorized by SNC bosses: defence
MONTREAL - Millions of dollars that ended up in the accounts of a former SNC-Lavalin executive on trial for fraud and corruption were legitimate bonuses authorized by the company's president, the defe...
Dec 12, 2019