Author Archives: rdnews@socastdigital.com

FREDERICTON - Health officials are trying to determine what killed three dogs who suffered convulsions and vomiting almost immediately after playing in the Saint John River. New Brunswick’s prov...

CALGARY - One of the most destructive ecological impacts of oil and gas exploration happens long before a litre of oil flows into a pipeline or a single atom of carbon enters the atmosphere. Seismic s...

CALGARY- A man who once sought the leadership of the Alberta Party has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for child pornography. Troy Millington was convicted by a jury earlier this yea...

ROME - The Venice Film Festival will feature plenty of Hollywood star power, including premieres for a biopic of astronaut Neil Armstrong starring Ryan Gosling, a period western by the Coen brothers w...

CALGARY – Husky Energy Inc. has announced a second dividend increase for 2018, following a two-year period when the company suspended the quarterly payout to shareholders due to weak market cond...

FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank is stressing that interest rates will stay low well into next year even as the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to keep raising rates in coming months. The centra...

PHOENIX - A man with a history of mental illness grabbed an Arizona state trooper’s gun and killed a rookie in training and wounded another trooper during a fight along an interstate in suburban...

Halifax city hall has unveiled the special committee that will study how to commemorate the city’s controversial founder - a group co-chaired by a Mi’kmaq chief and an historian. The 10-me...

CALGARY- Suncor Energy is chopping its 2018 production guidance to account for a lengthy outage at the Syncrude oilsands mine and upgrader. The company says the move comes as it reports second-quarter...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The third of four suspects in the shooting death of emerging South Florida rap star XXXTentacion was arrested in rural Georgia at a relative’s house, authorities said Thu...