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Red Deer murder suspect makes brief court appearance
The man accused in a fatal shooting outside the Walmart store in south Red Deer last month made a brief court appearance Monday morning.Chase Freed appeared in Red Deer provincial court via CCTV from ...
Jan 07, 2020 There was a heavy police presence surrounding the Walmart store in south Red Deer in response to a fatal shooting. (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
Legal group seeks federal inquiry into Mississippi prisons
Prisoner advocates are calling on the federal government to investigate Mississippi's prison system for possible civil rights violations, saying the violence of recent days highlights deliberate viola...
Jan 07, 2020
RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigating sudden infant death in Brooks
BROOKS. - RCMP in southern Alberta say their major crimes unit is investigating what they are calling the "undetermined death" of a newborn.Police say in a news release they were called late Saturday ...
Jan 07, 2020 Photo: CHAT News
Approximately 20 cattle killed in barn fire north of Sexsmith
The County Regional Fire Service says approximately 20 cattle were killed in a barn fire north of Sexsmith on Monday night.Crews were called out to the fire at around 9:57 p.m. on January 6 to the bar...
Jan 07, 2020 Photo: County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service
Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov down Germany in doubles to clinch 2-1 win at ATP Cup
BRISBANE, Australia - Canada's Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies 6-3, 7-6 (4) in doubles action on Tuesday to clinch a 2-1 victory over Germ...
Jan 07, 2020
Trump disregards Canada, allies with killing of Iranian general: ex-ambassador
OTTAWA - Barack Obama's former ambassador to Canada says President Donald Trump's decision to order the killing of a top Iranian general represents the latest instance of the mercurial U.S. president ...
Jan 07, 2020
Snowfall warning ended for Grande Prairie
UPDATE (10:00 a.m. Jan. 8): The snowfall warning for the Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge and Valleyview areas has ended. The snowfall warning has also ended for Grande Cache, Whitecourt and Fox Creek.A sn...
Jan 07, 2020
Record turnout numbers for the Grande Prairie Athletic's Kids Hockey Camp
The Grande Prairie Athletic's saw a record turnout for their yearly free hockey camp.On Monday, December 30, 114 kids, ranging from 8 to 13 years old, got to take to the ice to run drills and play gam...
Jan 07, 2020 The Grande Prairie Athletics hosted their annual free kids hockey camp on Monday, December 30 (photo courtesy of MT Actions Photography)
Germany moves 35 soldiers from Iraq to Jordan, Kuwait
BERLIN - Germany moved 35 soldiers serving in Iraq to neighbouring Jordan and Kuwait on Tuesday amid tensions over the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general in an airstrike in Baghdad last week. The k...
Jan 07, 2020
UK woman in Cyprus gang rape case gets suspended sentence
PARALIMNI, Cyprus - A Cyprus court on Tuesday handed a four-month suspended sentence to a 19-year-old British woman who was found guilty of public mischief after authorities said she made up claims th...
Jan 07, 2020