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Red Deer photo radar locations Jan. 1-31
Red Deer RCMP Traffic Services has released the planned locations of its Automated Traffic Enforcement Program for next month. From Jan. 1-31, mobile units will be operating in Glendale, Normandeau, H...
Dec 30, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
'Skywalker' rises again; 'Little Women' go big at box office
LOS ANGELES - "Star Wars" was still rising in the last weekend of the year, while "Little Women" broke big at the box office. "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" brought in $72 million over the weekend...
Dec 30, 2019
Monty Python star Neil Innes dies aged 75
LONDON - Monty Python writer and actor Neil Innes has died aged 75, his agent has confirmed. The comedian and musician died of natural causes Sunday night, agent Nigel Morton said. Innes was known for...
Dec 30, 2019
Spruce View to celebrate 15th Annual Fiddlers Jamboree and Dance
Please join us for the Spruce View 15th Annual Fiddlers Jamboree and Dance, Saturday, January 25, 2020.The 15th Annual Spruce View Old Time Fiddle Jamboree and Dance will be held at the Spruce View Co...
Dec 30, 2019
Honouring Spruce View's Citizens of the Year
Please join us to honor the Spruce View Citizens of the Year for 2020 - Bill & Kelli Stanton.The Spruce View Fire Dept (Red Deer County Station 5), will also be honoured at the Spruce View & D...
Dec 30, 2019
Cyprus court: British teen guilty of fabricating rape claims
PARALIMNI, Cyprus - A Cyprus court on Monday found a 19 year-old British woman guilty of fabricating claims that she was gang raped by 12 Israelis in a hotel room at a tourist resort in the east Medit...
Dec 30, 2019
Growth and sustainability a core focus for Sylvan Lake in 2020
Core infrastructure was the focus for the Town of Sylvan Lake in 2019.Mayor Sean McIntyre points to a number of major projects the Town worked on over the past year, including the first phase of the r...
Dec 30, 2019 Sean McIntyre, Mayor of Sylvan Lake. (Town of Sylvan Lake)
Sudan sentences 27 to death for torturing, killing protester
CAIRO - A court in Sudan on Monday sentenced 27 members of the country's security forces to death for torturing and killing a detained protester during the uprising against Sudan's longtime autocrat O...
Dec 30, 2019
Somalia bombing kills dozens; airstrikes target militants
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital Saturday morning, killing at least 78 people including many students, authorities said. It was the worst a...
Dec 30, 2019
Tyler Myers's two-goal performance leads Canucks past Flames 5-2
CALGARY - Tyler Myers scored twice and added an assist - all of the damage inflicted in the first period - as the Vancouver Canucks built up an early 3-0 lead and cruised to a 5-2 victory over the Cal...
Dec 29, 2019