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2019 trial scheduled for man charged in Red Deer carfentanil bust
A Red Deer man arrested following a carfentanil bust in our city last year will go to trial in 2019. Kim Proctor, 39, was one of four people arrested after Red Deer RCMP and ALERT raided a drug traffi...
Jul 9, 2018
Crew member alleges Johnny Depp punched him on LA film set
LOS ANGELES - A film crew member is alleging in a lawsuit that Johnny Depp twice punched him on the Los Angeles set of a movie about the killing of the Notorious B.I.G. The lawsuit filed Friday in Los...
Jul 9, 2018
Canada seeks momentum for Women's World Cup qualifying in clash with Brazil
OTTAWA - Canada’s women’s soccer team hopes to recapture past Olympic glory as it sets its sights on qualifying for the next World Cup. The fifth-ranked Canadians host No. 7 Brazil in a fr...
Jul 9, 2018
Genetic screening tool can predict risk of leukemia, say researchers
TORONTO - Symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia tend to arise quite suddenly, but scientists have discovered signs of this aggressive, deadly form of blood cancer can be present many years earlier - prov...
Jul 9, 2018
Trial rescheduled for Lacombe man in 2006 Eckville murder
Trial has been rescheduled for a Lacombe man accused in the kidnapping of one man and the murder of another in the Town of Eckville nearly 12 years ago. But whether the case actually makes it to trial...
Jul 9, 2018
Former Green party candidate on trial in Germany for denying Holocaust
VANCOUVER - A former federal Green candidate disavowed by the party for her anti-Semitic views is on trial in Germany for publishing videos denying the Holocaust. Monika Schaefer ran unsuccessfully fo...
Jul 9, 2018
Water bomber called in to fight brush fire in subdivision of St. John's
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Mohamed Ravalia thought his neighbours were out barbecuing on one of the first sunny summer days in St. John’s when he caught the scent of smoke in the air early Monday ...
Jul 9, 2018
Drake has 7 of the Top 10 songs on Billboard Hot 100 chart
NEW YORK - Drake officially owns the Billboard charts, where seven of his songs currently sit in the Top 10. All 25 tracks from Drake’s ultra-popular “Scorpion” album, released on Ju...
Jul 9, 2018
Federal immigration minister criticizes Ont. Tories' language on asylum seekers
HALIFAX - The federal minister of immigration objected Monday to the new Ontario Tory government’s references to people claiming refugee status as “illegal border crossers.” Last wee...
Jul 9, 2018
Two-week delay for prospective cannabis retailers in Red Deer
Prospective cannabis retailers will have to wait just a bit longer than expected to file their applications with The City of Red Deer. The City was originally scheduled to begin taking development per...
Jul 9, 2018