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Man accused in sexual assaults has charges dropped
Trial did not proceed and charges were dropped on Friday for a Red Deer man accused in a pair of sexual assaults in our city last year.Daniel Leonard, 41, saw two counts of sexual assault, one of comm...
Mar 29, 2019 File photo of Daniel Leonard
Autopsy: Migrant child who died in US custody had infection
HOUSTON - An autopsy has found that a 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died of a bacterial infection while detained by the U.S. Border Patrol, in a case that drew worldwide attention to the plight of mi...
Mar 29, 2019
Red Deer firefighters enduring rooftop campout for Muscular Dystrophy Canada
Some Red Deer firefighters are taking part in a rooftop campout this weekend in support of Muscular Dystrophy Canada.Ben Shillington, Jordan Schidlowsky, Josh Anderson and Griffin Marshall are settled...
Mar 29, 2019
US judge blocks Medicaid work rules in blow to Trump
WASHINGTON - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Medicaid work requirements undermine the program's mission of providing health care for the needy, dealing a blow to the Trump administration's effort...
Mar 29, 2019
Wisconsin appeals court restores laws from lame-duck session
MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin appeals court on Wednesday reinstated laws Republicans passed during a lame-duck session to weaken the Democratic governor and attorney general, but the statutes remain blo...
Mar 29, 2019
Engineer didn't check for right materials on stage that collapsed, inquest hears
TORONTO - An engineer who approved the plans for a stage that collapsed before a Radiohead concert in Toronto didn't check that the right materials were being used to support the roof because he trust...
Mar 29, 2019
Position-by-position look at Toronto Blue Jays Opening Day roster
TORONTO - The Blue Jays begin the regular season Thursday at home against the Detroit Tigers. While a couple of roster spots have yet to be announced, here's a position-by-position look at the te...
Mar 29, 2019
Federal NDP proposes expanding tax on capital gains from investments
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is promising an NDP government would expand the tax on investment profits as part of a package of measures aimed at taxing the rich to pay for pharmacare as well as affordable c...
Mar 29, 2019
Wernick issued veiled threats over SNC standoff, Wilson-Raybould says
OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould secretly recorded a conversation with Michael Wernick in which she claims the country's top public servant issued veiled threats that she'd lose her job as justice minist...
Mar 29, 2019
Red Deer stabbing trial hears closing arguments
A Red Deer man charged in an Oriole Park stabbing incident will learn his fate this May following the conclusion of his two-day judge-alone trial in Court of Queen's Bench on Friday.Justice Marilyn D....
Mar 29, 2019