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Raptors end regular season with 120-100 win over T-Wolves
MINNEAPOLIS - Kawhi Leonard scored 20 points and the Toronto Raptors closed their regular season with a 120-100 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Fred VanVleet scored 16 points...
Apr 09, 2019
Dalai Lama hospitalized with chest infection, feeling better
NEW DELHI - The Dalai Lama has been hospitalized in the Indian capital with a chest infection and is feeling better. Spokesman Tenzin Taklha says the Dalai Lama is under medication and likely to spend...
Apr 09, 2019
Devils draw top pick in NHL draft lottery, Avalanche draw No. 4 selection
TORONTO - The New Jersey Devils will have the No. 1 pick at this year's NHL draft. The team was announced Tuesday night as the winner of the draft lottery. The Colorado Avalanche had the bes...
Apr 09, 2019
Supporters rally at City Hall for gay-straight alliances
Over 150 people people gathered at Red Deer City Hall on Tuesday to rally in support of gay-straight alliances and queer-straight alliances."I've been a part of pride groups throughout most of my high...
Apr 09, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)
Dykstra sues Darling over book claiming racist tirade
NEW YORK - Lenny Dykstra has sued former New York Mets teammate Ron Darling, St. Martin's Press and Macmillan Publishing Group over a passage in the pitcher's new book accusing the outfielder of direc...
Apr 09, 2019
Vancouver man faces new money-laundering charge in college admissions scandal
Vancouver businessman David Sidoo faces an additional charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering for his alleged role in a college admissions scandal in the United States. In a new indictment fro...
Apr 09, 2019
Local unemployment rate rises in March
The unemployment rate for the Red Deer Region rose in March but remains second lowest in Alberta. The latest Statistics Canada numbers show the local unemployment was 5.3 per cent last month, up from ...
Apr 09, 2019
California governor hears of Salvadorans' struggles in visit
PANCHIMALCO, El Salvador - David Escobar Fuentes fled El Salvador because gangs were extorting his ranching family, while Bryon Melgar Menjivar wanted to escape the pressure to join a gang that starte...
Apr 09, 2019
Canadian Corey Conners wins Valero days after qualifying, will play Masters
SAN ANTONIO - Canadian Corey Conners claimed his first PGA Tour victory and earned an invite to the Masters on Sunday, winning the Valero Texas Open less than a week after qualifying. Conners only ent...
Apr 09, 2019
Buffalo Sabres fire coach Phil Housley after 2 seasons
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Sabres' dreadful second-half free-fall left general manager Jason Botterill no choice but to fire coach Phil Housley after his second year on the job. "Today certainly wasn...
Apr 09, 2019