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Former Tory leader Patrick Brown breached integrity rules: Watchdog
TORONTO - The public had a right to know Patrick Brown accepted a loan from a man who would become a candidate for his party, Ontario’s integrity watchdog said after finding the former Progressi...
Apr 26, 2018
Red Deer man charged with child sexual exploitation offences to plead guilty
A resolution is in the works for a Red Deer man charged with child sexual exploitation offences. Stuart Hunt, 54, appeared in Red Deer Provincial Court on Thursday via CCTV. He is currently in custody...
Apr 26, 2018
NAFTA talks keeping Freeland in Washington, sends substitute to NATO summit
WASHINGTON - With the NAFTA talks at a critical juncture, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Thursday that she was skipping a summit in Europe to remain at the bargaining table. Free...
Apr 26, 2018
Man who stole from air cadets to repay $35,000, serve jail time
A man who embezzled funds from the 24 Red Deer Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron will spend the next 10 months behind bars. David Lee Gillard must also pay back $35,000 he stole from the organization....
Apr 26, 2018
US seeks to extradite 'El Chapo' case suspect from Caribbean
MIAMI - A Canadian known as “Russian Mike” who has been charged in the drug trafficking case involving notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman sought Thursday to ...
Apr 26, 2018
Timeline of recent events in the 2017 mosque shooting in Quebec City
QUEBEC - The sentencing arguments for Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette ended Thursday. Bissonnette, 28, pleaded guilty in March to six charges of first-degree murder and six of attempt...
Apr 26, 2018
How the government hopes to strengthen intellectual property in Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government has unveiled new measures on intellectual property as it seeks to improve Canada’s performance in a critical area of the increasingly important ideas-based econom...
Apr 26, 2018
RDC Alternative Energy Lab opening delayed until fall
The new Alternative Energy Lab at Red Deer College will be opening later than expected. But college officials say there's a good reason as to why. Announced last August, the $10 million facility was s...
Apr 26, 2018
Youth who posted threat toward Hunting Hills High School pleads guilty
A 16-year-old male has pleaded guilty to making a threat toward Hunting Hills High School last month. The school was placed under lockdown on the morning of March 2 after several students posted on In...
Apr 26, 2018
Reaction to the guilty verdicts for Bill Cosby
Reaction to Bill Cosby’s conviction on charges he drugged and molested a woman at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era: “Cosby is guilty. I&...
Apr 26, 2018