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Red Deer's Overdose Prevention Site gets six-month extension
Red Deer's temporary Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) has been granted an extension to stay open for another six months.Operated by Turning Point in the city's Railyards district, the OPS opened its doo...
Oct 03, 2019 Red Deer's temporary Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) is located in the Railyards district, adjacent to Safe Harbour Society (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Trump campaign, RNC raise record $125 million in 3rd quarter
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $125 million in the third quarter of the year, a presidential fundraising record. The pro-Trump e...
Oct 03, 2019
Alberta beefing up penalties for farm trespassers
GRANUM, AB - Premier Jason Kenney says legislation is coming this fall to crack down on protesters who trespass on farms and agricultural land.Kenney says free speech must be protected but not when pr...
Oct 03, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney, Minister of Justice and Attorney General Doug Schweitzer, and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Devin Dreeshen announce new protections for farmers
Mentally ill killer of five people in Calgary can be eased into community: board
EDMONTON - A review board has ruled that a mentally ill man found not criminally responsible after killing five young people at a house party can be eased back into the community under strict con...
Oct 03, 2019
Police investigating lawn sign showing target on foreheads of Trudeau, Sohi
Edmonton police say an election lawn sign depicting a target on the foreheads of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and local candidate Amarjeet Sohi is being investigated by their hate crime unit. A photo...
Oct 03, 2019
Federal judge upholds affirmative action at Harvard
BOSTON - A federal judge Tuesday cleared Harvard University of discriminating against Asian American applicants in a ruling that was seen as a major victory for supporters of affirmative action in col...
Oct 03, 2019
Police investigating lawn sign showing target on foreheads of Trudeau, Sohi
Edmonton police say an election lawn sign depicting a target on the foreheads of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and local candidate Amarjeet Sohi is being investigated by their hate crime unit. A photo...
Oct 03, 2019
US vaping illnesses top 1,000, death count is up to 18
NEW YORK - The outbreak of U.S. vaping-related illnesses has surpassed 1,000 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that 1,080 confirmed and probable cases have been repor...
Oct 03, 2019
Federal judge temporarily blocks Georgia abortion law
ATLANTA - A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Georgia's restrictive new abortion law from taking effect, following the lead of other judges who have blocked similar measures in other states...
Oct 03, 2019
Edmonton police officer testifies about the night he was run down, stabbed
EDMONTON - An Edmonton police officer who was run down by a car before being stabbed in the street broke down in tears as he told a jury about the 2017 attack. Const. Mike Chernyk descr...
Oct 03, 2019