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Toronto FC midfielder Brandon Servania sidelined with torn knee ligament
Toronto FC took another body blow on Thursday with news that midfielder Brandon Servania has a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The Major League Soccer club says Servania will have surgery in the comi...
Oct 05, 2023
Biden administration is resuming deportation flights for Venezuelan migrants, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is going to resume deporting migrants to Venezuela, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. The process is expected to begin shortly, the o...
Oct 05, 2023
RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigating central Alberta homicide
On Sept. 29, 2023, Maskwacis RCMP responded to an aggravated assault on Ermineskin First Nations. According to Mounties, the victim, a 52-year-old male resident of Maskwacis, was transported to the ho...
Oct 05, 2023
Central Alberta Film Festival gala finds new home
This year's edition of the Central Alberta Film Festival will take place at the new Red Deer Resort and Casino.Officials add, however, that films will be screened at Carnival Cinemas in Red Deer from ...
Oct 05, 2023
Local students compete at several Highland Dance competitions
Two Red Deer Public students went on the adventure of a lifetime across the pond this past summer as they competed in a number of Highland Dance competitions.Tyler Martinez, 15, a Grade 10 student at ...
Oct 05, 2023
Quebec man charged with murder after his wife found strangled in seniors residence
TERREBONNE, Que. - An 81-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the strangling death of his 79-year-old wife at a Montreal-area seniors residence. Police were called to the residenc...
Oct 05, 2023
WCPS SRO Program receives Friends of Education ABSA Zone 4 Award
The outstanding contributions of Wolf Creek Public Schools' School Resource Officer (SRO) Program have been celebrated, as the program was recently honoured with the Alberta School Boards' Association...
Oct 05, 2023
Complainant in Nygard trial says door in bedroom suite would not open for her
TORONTO - Note: This story contains graphic content. A woman who accused Peter Nygard of sexual assault told the fashion mogul she was "really uncomfortable" that she wasn't able to open a keypad-oper...
Oct 05, 2023
Drone attack kills 80 and wounds 240 at a packed Syrian military graduation ceremony, official says
BEIRUT (AP) - A drone attack hit a crowded military graduation ceremony Thursday in the Syrian city of Homs, killing 80 and wounding 240, the health minister said, in one of the deadliest attacks on t...
Oct 05, 2023
‘Prophet of Doom’ who wounded 10 in subway shooting is sentenced to life in prison
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who sprayed a New York City subway car with bullets during rush hour, wounding 10 people and sparking a citywide manhunt, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. Frank James, 6...
Oct 05, 2023