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Law Enforcement Serves Up Inclusion with Cops, Pops and Pizza
On October 27, Law enforcement's finest will put the serve in service at Boston Pizza for the one day event, Cops, Pops, and Pizza. The event is hosted by the Law Enforcement Torch Run and will raise ...
Oct 19, 2018
Arm-wrestling series partially shot in Red Deer debuts this weekend
A 13-episode series documenting Canada's arm-wrestling scene is finally set to premiere this weekend. Arm Nation, which shot scenes at a spring 2017 competition in Red Deer, will air its English langu...
Oct 19, 2018
RCMP investigate vehicle fire in Riverside Meadows
RED DEER- RCMP are looking for public assistance to identify the vandals who started a truck fire in Riverside Meadows Thursday morning. Mounties were on patrol in Riverside Meadows at 11:15 a.m. when...
Oct 19, 2018
2019 Canada Games and Red Deer social agencies working hand in hand
There's no disputing that Red Deer, a city of 100,000 with so much going for it, is facing a number of difficult challenges. No other community in Alberta has a higher rate of deaths from opioid overd...
Oct 19, 2018
PAC won't end ad saying black men will face rape accusations
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A political action committee said Friday that it won’t pull radio ads in hotly contested races in Arkansas and Missouri that suggest African American men will face rape accus...
Oct 19, 2018
Dog deaths in North Vancouver may be tied to suspected mushroom poisoning: RCMP
VANCOUVER - Dog owners in North Vancouver are being advised to keep their pets on a short leash if they are walking in Cates Park along the shores of Burrard Inlet. RCMP Sgt. Doug Trousdell says at le...
Oct 19, 2018
Train mows down crowd at India festival, at least 58 dead
NEW DELHI - A speeding train ran over a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India on Friday, killing at least 58 people and injuring dozens more, police said. The train fa...
Oct 19, 2018
Task force chair says everyone needs to obey the rules on legalized cannabis
FREDERICTON - The former chair of the federal cannabis task force says she expected the initial celebration of recreational weed legalization - but it’s now time for everyone to play by the rule...
Oct 19, 2018
Call for better-trained social workers in report on dead Manitoba teen
WINNIPEG - An Indigenous teen who struggled with addiction and died in 2016 did not get the help he needed from social workers, school officials and others, Manitoba’s advocate for children and ...
Oct 19, 2018
Manitoba man sentenced to eight years in 'horrific' death of his young daughter
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba man has been sentenced to eight years for the death of his 21-month-old daughter after failing to report abuse the judge called horrific and noticeable. A jury found Daniel Willi...
Oct 19, 2018