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Sylvan Lake man accused of killing wife makes court appearance
A Sylvan Lake man accused of killing his wife this past summer made a brief appearance in Red Deer court on Friday.Satnam Singh Sandhu, 41, faces counts of second-degree murder, attempted murder and a...
Nov 29, 2019 (File Photo)
MARKET WATCH: Nov. 29
Big PictureU.S. Markets Hit New Highs Over Trade Optimism, Strong Data Wall Street's big three indexes closed at record levels for a third straight day on Wednesday following positive trade deal news ...
Nov 29, 2019
Red Deer & District Community Foundation, RBC Foundation announce $45,000 for local youth
Red Deer & District Community Foundation and RBC Foundation have handed out a total of $45,000 to support three youth led initiatives in Central Alberta in the amount of $15,000 each. The announce...
Nov 29, 2019 (Photo: rdnewsNOW/Rene Rondeau)
Locals share concerns over gravel pit proposed along North Raven River
Emotions ran somewhat high Thursday night at an open house for a controversial gravel pit proposal.Border Paving Ltd. is seeking to open a gravel pit near the headwaters of the North Raven River.The c...
Nov 29, 2019 Border Paving hosted an open house at Butte Hall Thursday night regarding a gravel pit proposed for near the North Raven River (Photo: rdnewsNOW/Adam Ophus)
ASDC-Central Male Athlete of the Month: Adam Turgeon
A competitive baseball athlete from Red Deer has been named the Alberta Sport Development Centre - Central (ASDC-C) Athlete of the Month for November.Adam Turgeon is a 16-year-old Grade 11 student at ...
Nov 29, 2019 Alberta Sport Development Centre - Central (ASDC-Central) Male Athlete of the Month: 16-year-old Adam Turgeon.
Alberta aiming to end 500 nursing jobs over three years; nurses call it 'betrayal'
EDMONTON - The union representing Alberta nurses says the provincial government's intention to eliminate 500 full-time nursing positions over the next three years has left them feeling betrayed.David ...
Nov 29, 2019
Bill Peters resigns as Calgary Flames head coach
Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters has resigned amid allegations of racial slurs and physical abuse of players in previous jobs.General manager Brad Treliving said Friday at a press conference in C...
Nov 29, 2019 Bill Peters (Photo: The Canadian Press)
'It was getting terrifying:' students attend hearing for alleged feces-thrower
TORONTO - Dozens of university students crowded a Toronto courthouse Wednesday as a man accused of dumping liquefied feces on strangers at two campus libraries and a downtown sidewalk had his bai...
Nov 29, 2019
Edmonton mayor says he could help Trudeau deal with angry western premiers
OTTAWA - Mayors in western Canada could help smooth relations between the federal Liberal government and angry western premiers, Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson said Friday after meeting Prime Minister Just...
Nov 29, 2019
Coroner's office says post-mortem for plane crash victims could take days
KINGSTON, Ont. - The Ontario chief coroner's office says it will perform post-mortem examinations in the coming days on the four adults and three children who died in&nbs...
Nov 29, 2019