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ASIRT investigating police shooting incident in Eckville
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has taken over the investigation into an incident Saturday morning in Eckville.ASIRT is now saying that an RCMP officer had responded around 8:15 to the repo...
Apr 06, 2019
Food and Beverage Expo showcases local restaurants, craft beer boom
The seventh annual Alberta Food and Beverage Expo offered up hundreds of great eats and drinks Saturday night at Westerner Park.Hosted in Red Deer for the fourth straight year, the show allows restaur...
Apr 06, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Kennel Club hosts annual dog show at Westerner Park
It was a ruff day at the Westerner Park Agricentre where the annual Red Deer and District Kennel Club dog show was taking place.For the last 29 years, the club has run fall and spring shows, and this ...
Apr 06, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Fatal confrontation: Mexican TV star must come back to US
MIAMI - A Florida judge has rescinded an order allowing a Mexican soap opera star to travel outside the U.S., saying he's likely to face a more serious charge from a fatal traffic confrontation than t...
Apr 06, 2019
Ex-officer charged with fatally shooting woman in his car
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former vice squad officer in Ohio was charged Thursday with fatally shooting a woman who was sitting in his unmarked police vehicle in what the man says was an act of self-defence. ...
Apr 06, 2019
Ex-reality TV cast member gets 1-year term in fraud case
NEW YORK - A former cast member of the reality TV series "Bad Girls Club" was sentenced to a year in prison for stealing the debit card information of a man found dead from a drug overdose in his Manh...
Apr 06, 2019
Charles, William, Harry: 3 princes help launch 'Our Planet'
LONDON - A new eight-part Netflix series chronicling life on Earth and the threat posed by climate change has received a royal sendoff at London's Natural History Museum. Prince Charles lauded the "Ou...
Apr 06, 2019
Database of 6000 volunteers should keep eyes peeled
On Friday, Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer proclaimed April 7-13 in recognition of the city's many volunteers and the hard work they do year-round.The same dates also represent National Volunteer Week.To cel...
Apr 06, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Oklahoma drops some claims against opioid manufacturers
OKLAHOMA CITY - A week after reaching a $270 million settlement with the maker of OxyContin, Oklahoma's attorney general Thursday dropped some claims against other drugmakers in a lawsuit alleging the...
Apr 06, 2019
FCP announces platform as campaign trudges on
The leaders are busy on what is the penultimate Saturday of the 2019 Election Campaign.NDP leader Rachel Notley is taking part in three leader's events in Fairview, Peace River and Slave Lake.David Kh...
Apr 06, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)