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Son clinches Tottenham's 3-2 win over Southampton in FA Cup
LONDON - Son Heung-min's late penalty secured Tottenham's progress in the FA Cup on Wednesday, clinching a 3-2 victory over Southampton in a fourth-round replay. Son was awarded the penalty despite go...
Feb 05, 2020
'The chill is real,' Canada's ambassador to China says of fraught relationship
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to China says there is a chill in relations between the two countries since the People's Republic imprisoned two Canadians, but his top priority is winning their release a...
Feb 05, 2020
2 women killed, child hurt in shooting at Texas dormitory
COMMERCE, Texas - Two women were killed and a child was wounded in a shooting Monday morning at a university dormitory in Texas, officials said. A recommendation for students and employees to shelter ...
Feb 05, 2020
Star Canadian canoeist says her return to team training is like coming back home
Laurence Vincent Lapointe credits a "weird little flame" inside her for helping her stay strong when it looked like her Olympic dreams would be dashed. The star Canadian canoeist faced a fou...
Feb 05, 2020
Canadian Golf Hall of Famer Stephen Ames adapting on the Champions Tour
Stephen Ames is learning how to adapt on the Champions Tour. The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member finished second at last weekend's Morocco Champions, rocketing to fourth on the Charles Schwab Cup st...
Feb 05, 2020
Peter Mackay brings Conservative leadership campaign to Red Deer
Rural crime was the focus of discussion for Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) leadership hopeful Peter MacKay as he made a campaign tour stop in Gasoline Alley on Wednesday.MacKay says rural crime is...
Feb 05, 2020 Peter Mackay visits with former Red Deer MP Bob Mills during a visit to Gasoline Alley on Wednesday. (rdnewsNOW/James Dunn)
Pearman and Wass named RDC Athletes of the Week
A pair of volleyball players have been named the Red Deer College Athletics Bedford Food Company Athletes of the Week.Queens outside hitter Tess Pearman had a magnificent weekend on the court, helping...
Feb 05, 2020 Volleyball players Tess Pearman (left) and Thomas Wass (right) have been named this week's RDC Athletics Bedford Food Company Athletes of the Week. (RDC Athletics)
Bloc Quebecois MP among new faces on national security committee
OTTAWA - The new crop of parliamentarians overseeing the security-and-intelligence community includes the first Bloc Quebecois MP to sit on the committee. The Prime Minister's Office says Bloc MP Chri...
Feb 05, 2020
Yankees lefty James Paxton has back surgery, out 3-4 months
NEW YORK - Yankees left-hander James Paxton had back surgery Wednesday and is expected to be sidelined until May or June. New York said Dr. Andrew Dossett in Dallas performed a microscopic lumbar disc...
Feb 05, 2020
Source: Toronto FC close to signing designated player as Piatti undergoes medical
Toronto FC appears to have found its new designated player in Argentine winger/forward Pablo Piatti. A source, granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the subject, said the...
Feb 05, 2020