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Youth accused in Calgary police officer's death chooses trial by judge and jury
CALGARY - A trial date is to be set next month for an 18-year-old man charged as a young offender in the hit-and-run death of a Calgary police officer.The accused is charged with first-degree murder i...
May 17, 2021
Streak of light had Central Albertans looking skyward this weekend
RED DEER, AB- If you were looking skyward over the weekend during the nighttime hours, you may have witnessed a peculiar string of unfading lights.rdnewsNOW heard from curious skywatchers around centr...
May 17, 2021
Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen sued over alleged sexual assault
VANCOUVER - A civil lawsuit has been filed alleging that Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen sexually assaulted a young woman. A statement of claim filed in Kelowna, B.C. last week alleges Virtane...
May 17, 2021
Canada to get 4.5M vaccine doses as questions swirl around immunization effort
OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive a large infusion of COVID-19 vaccines this week, even as questions swirl around how the immunization drive will be affected by the sudden departure of the man tasked ...
May 17, 2021
Biden to boost world vaccine sharing commitment to 80M doses
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will announce Monday that the U.S. will share an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world in the coming six weeks, the White House said. Th...
May 17, 2021
Capital budget items sent to Lethbridge City Council for final verdict
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Members of Lethbridge City Council have completed discussions about the upcoming capital budget. Acting as the Economic Standing Policy Committee, they spent all of last week voting o...
May 17, 2021
Ontario opens shots to 18+, Quebec opens drive-thru, as COVID vaccine efforts expand
Quebec is opening a drive-thru vaccine clinic at its busiest airport and Ontario is expanding vaccine eligibility, as provinces make strides toward immunizing their adult populations. Ontario was orig...
May 17, 2021
M.D. of Taber firefighters tackle large weekend blaze
TABER, AB - Multiple responders from the M.D. of Taber Regional Fire Service tackled a large fire southwest of the town of Taber Saturday.A call for all units to respond was put out at around 11:15 a....
May 17, 2021
RCMP move to end blockade against logging of forest on Vancouver Island
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - The RCMP say they have begun enforcing a court injunction banning blockades of logging activities in an area of western Vancouver Island. In a statement, the RCMP say they are tem...
May 17, 2021
'Long overdue': Leafs, Canadiens legends eagerly awaiting playoff series
Frank Mahovlich can't pick a side. And really, who can blame him? The Hall of Famer won four Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs - including the franchise's last title in 1967 - and two more as ...
May 17, 2021