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Election 2019 gets underway with polls closing in Atlantic Canada
OTTAWA - The polls have closed in Atlantic Canada, signalling the start of what promises to be a long night to determine whether Justin Trudeau's Liberals will get a second mandate to govern...
Oct 21, 2019
Scheer heads to historic Liberal riding to urge Canadians to vote out government
REGINA - In every campaign office Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has visited this election, there's been a sign: victory is knocking. Door knocking, the party means, and Scheer did exactly that in ...
Oct 21, 2019
'Hung Parliament' could give Governor General tricky line to walk
OTTAWA - With Canada facing a potential minority government after votes are cast Monday, Governor General Julie Payette, the former astronaut who has shown a propensity for bucking tradition and doing...
Oct 21, 2019
Ticats defeat Redblacks 33-12 to register club-record 13th victory
HAMILTON - The wins and accolades are nice but they're not what fuels Brandon Banks. Banks had seven catches for 116 yards and a TD to lead Hamilton to a record-setting 30-12 ...
Oct 21, 2019
Pelicans' Zion Williamson out 6-8 weeks after knee scope
NEW ORLEANS - Zion Williamson will miss the start of the season after the No. 1 overall draft pick by the New Orleans Pelicans had right knee surgery, sidelining the hyped rookie for nearly two months...
Oct 21, 2019
Green leader casts ballot in B.C. riding, calls election a climate referendum
SIDNEY, B.C. - Elizabeth May says the federal election campaign was a referendum on the fight against climate change and the Green party put forward the best battle plan. The Green leader voted Monday...
Oct 21, 2019
Morning crash downtown sends one to hospital
A single vehicle crash in downtown Red Deer Monday morning has put one woman in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Cpl. Dwayne Friesen confirms the crash happened around 8 a.m. in the westbou...
Oct 21, 2019 This SUV ended up on its roof at one point; RCMP point to a possible mechanical failure. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Canadiens use big 2nd period to beat slumping Blues 5-2
ST. LOUIS - Brendan Gallagher got a lucky bounce, and the Montreal Canadiens took over from there. Gallagher, Jonathan Drouin and Nick Suzuki scored in the second period, and the Canadiens beat the St...
Oct 21, 2019
Rocky RCMP renew call for information into pedestrian death
Rocky Mountain House RCMP continue to investigate a pedestrian fatality from last spring.It was about 3 a.m. on May 17, 2019 when police say a 39-year-old mother of five was struck and killed on the S...
Oct 21, 2019
Tens of thousands vote early in central Alberta
Advance voter turnout in central Alberta for the 2019 federal election was strong. According to Statistics Canada, a total of 21,062 of the 93,050 eligible voters in the Red Deer-Lacombe riding cast t...
Oct 21, 2019