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Life sentence for man who killed Edmonton limo driver
EDMONTON- A jury has found Jason Steadman guilty of first-degree murder in the death of an Edmonton limo driver. Steadman was charged in the May 2015 killing of Dwayne Demkiw. Investigators found his ...
Feb 22, 2019

Mueller report looming, new attorney general in hot seat
WASHINGTON - William Barr has been attorney general for just one week but is on the cusp of staring down what will almost certainly be the most consequential decision of his long career: how much of t...
Feb 22, 2019

Trudeau tells Canadians to listen to clerk in SNC-Lavalin matter
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be pressured Monday to testify at a House of Commons committee looking into allegations the prime minister and his staff pressured former attorney general J...
Feb 22, 2019

Drayton Valley RCMP weekly report: Feb. 14 - 21
February 14 8:53 am - Brazeau County - Complainant concerned over the wellbeing of some livestock. The RCMP Livestock investigator attended the property and determined there were no issues with the li...
Feb 22, 2019

Plan to bring grieving mother's relatives to Halifax 'moving quickly'
HALIFAX - Federal officials are closer to bringing as many as 10 relatives of a grieving Syrian refugee to Nova Scotia, as Halifax residents prepared to gather Saturday for the funeral of her seven ch...
Feb 22, 2019

Special First Thursdays Concert at Red Deer Public Library featuring Dean & Sylvia
RED DEER- There is something unique about how Western Canadian composers view the music compositional landscape. Meet two such composers, Saskatchewan's Dean McNeill (trumpet) and Alberta's Sylvia Sha...
Feb 22, 2019

Allegations against son led to Time's Up CEO's resignation
LOS ANGELES - The gender equality initiative Time’s Up says its president and CEO resigned because of sexual misconduct allegations against her son. The group on Friday issued a statement explai...
Feb 22, 2019

Trump vows veto as Democrats try to block emergency order
WASHINGTON - Democrats controlling the House have teed up a vote next week to block President Donald Trump from using a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, acce...
Feb 22, 2019

Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre presents the 25th Annual Evening of Decadent Dessert
RED DEER- The Evening of Decadent Dessert is Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre's signature event. This year, the event is celebrating a huge milestone with their silver anniversary. With help from ...
Feb 22, 2019

Red Deerians take steps to end poverty at the Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser
RED DEER- This Saturday, Feb. 23, Red Deerians will be bundling up and bracing the cold weather to raise funds for The Mustard Seed in the Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) walkathon fundraiser. Every ...
Feb 22, 2019