Alberta RCMP charge Grande Prairie man with murder in the deaths of two women
RCMP have arrested a suspect in the deaths of two women in northwestern Alberta.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
Year: 2015
Man arrested with hatchet at southern Alberta school faces weapons charges
A man police say had a hatchet hidden in his coat inside a southern Alberta elementary school has been charged with weapons offences.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
Men arrested in Saskatchewan, Alberta last winter face organized crime charges
Seven men arrested in police raids across Saskatchewan and Alberta last winter now face organized crime charges.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
Businessman who jacked up price of a lifesaving drug is arrested on securities fraud charges
Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager vilified for buying a pharmaceutical company and jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug more than fiftyfold, was arrested Thursday on securities fraud charges unrelated to the furor.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
Friend who bought guns in the San Bernardino attack likely to face federal charges
A former security guard who bought the assault rifles used by his friend in the San Bernardino massacre is expected to be charged as early as Thursday, according to two law enforcement officials.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
Syrian activists in hiding 1 month after Islamic State group plot in Turkey killed 2
The killing of the young Syrian activist took place close enough to his family's home in southern Turkey that his youngest brother heard his piercing scream. Ibrahim Abdelqader's attackers stabbed him dozens of times and left his partially decapitated corpse hanging from a doorframe.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
Quebec police say they have received 200 tips in Cedrika Provencher case
Quebec provincial police say they have received about 200 tips since they began searching for new clues in the death of nine-year-old Cedrika Provencher.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
‘Scud Stud’ believes in freedom of press, but accuracy is paramount: lawyer
A lawyer for former journalist Arthur Kent says freedom of speech and the right to reputation are at the crux of his client's defamation lawsuit against Postmedia and columnist Don Martin.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
More Canadian police trainers wanted in Ukraine as country on the edge of reform
Ukraine's newly appointed national police chief is asking Justin Trudeau's Liberal government for more help in establishing and training a professional security force.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
Liberals agree to rethink controversial memorial to victims of communism
It's back to the drawing board — and a less controversial location -- for a much-maligned memorial to victims of communism in the national capital, Heritage Minister Melanie Joly announced Thursday.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
E-petition demands inquiry into wartime allegations of Afghan prisoner torture
Canada's exercise in e-democracy is getting its first test as a former New Democrat MP has started an online petition to the House of Commons demanding a judicial inquiry into the alleged torture of prisoners during the Afghan war.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
‘Today is a good day:’ Officials announce reserve will get its ‘Freedom Road’
Tears flowed and a victory drumming song reverberated through the Manitoba legislature Thursday as an isolated reserve under one of the country's longest boil-water advisories received a lifeline to the outside world.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
Woman stabbed in Toronto financial district dies in hospital
The victim of a random stabbing in Toronto's financial district was just beginning life as a newlywed.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
No pressing need to reopen Constitution, I have better things to do: Trudeau
Justin Trudeau says there is no pressing problem facing the country that can only be resolved by opening the Constitution -- a laborious, time-consuming road the new prime minister has no intention of going down.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
Taxation of legalized pot won’t be a government cash cow, Trudeau says
The prime minister says there's potential for a bit of revenue from legalizing marijuana, but the federal government isn't looking for a financial windfall.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
Betty WARD (née Hill)
WARD (née Hill) - BettyMar. 2, 1932 - Dec. 17, 2015, Our…Wire Service / December 17, 2015
Festival of Trees raises $1.06M for local health care
Reducing expenses, condensing some activity space and eliminating three events helped Festival of Trees raise $1.06 million for Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.Cameron Kennedy / December 17, 2015
Nightmare before Christmas
As a young Red Deer mother and her two children slept, an unknown number of thieves crept into her home sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
Business association looks to expand revitalization zone
A designated downtown area where businesses pay a levy to further their common interests may be expanding in 2016.Advocate Staff / December 17, 2015
France’s interior minister asks police to probe far-right leader’s angry tweets of IS photos
France's interior minister asked judicial police on Wednesday to look into tweets by far-right leader Marine Le Pen of gruesome photos of executions by the Islamic State group -- her response to a broadcast journalist broadly comparing her party to the organization.Advocate Staff / December 16, 2015