Author Archives: rdnews@socastdigital.com

Effective immediately, the City of Red Deer has issued a full city-wide fire ban. The ban was put in to place in consideration of dry conditions combined with high day-time temperatures. The ban is be...

SYDNEY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia man convicted of murdering a 19-year-old woman solely for thrills has admitted to being an accessory to the murder of another young woman. Thomas Ted Barrett pleaded guilt...

BEAUMONT, Alta. - Shiva Kumar Shunmugam was wrapping up a lazy summer afternoon tending to social media feeds for the Alberta town of Beaumont when a strange request came into the fire hall’s Fa...

TORONTO - A Toronto neurosurgeon charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife has been denied bail. Dr. Mohammed Shamji, 41, showed little emotion as he sat in a Toronto courtroom on Wedn...

Sylvan Lake RCMP say 19-year-old Zerina Campeau has been located and is in good health.

Innisfail and Blackfalds RCMP members were assaulted with pepper spray before successfully arresting a 31-year-old man Tuesday evening. Shortly after 6 p.m., RCMP located a stolen truck parked in a lo...

BOSTON - Former major league pitcher Curt Schilling’s plan to collect supplies and cash to bring to the victims of Hurricane Harvey is drawing criticism on social media from people who say donat...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - In a story Aug. 30 about the Hollywood, Florida, city commission voting to remove the names of Confederate generals from city streets, The Associated Press identified a protester as ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A test version of a spacecraft resembling a mini space shuttle was carried aloft over the Mojave Desert by a helicopter Wednesday in a precursor to a free flight in wh...

WASHINGTON - Houston’s population is growing quickly, but when Harvey hit last weekend there were far fewer homes and other properties in the area with flood insurance than just five years ago, ...