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Petry helps Canadiens beat Rangers 4-3 to end 9-game skid
NEW YORK (AP) - Jeff Petry scored his second goal of the game in the final minute of the third period and Sam Montembeault made 24 saves as the Montreal Canadiens beat the playoff-bound New York Range...
Apr 27, 2022

Eric Comrie, Winnipeg Jets shutout Philadelphia Flyers 4-0
WINNIPEG - Eric Comrie made 34 saves to record his first career shutout in the Winnipeg Jets' 4-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. The 26-year-old native of Edmonton was playing in h...
Apr 27, 2022

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to visit counterpart Mary Ng in Ottawa
WASHINGTON - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel north of the border next week to meet with her Canadian counterpart, Mary Ng. Tai's office says the ambassador will hold two days of me...
Apr 27, 2022

Gymnasts say they're dismayed by Sport Canada's call for a third-party investigation
A group of more than 400 Canadian gymnasts are angry over Sport Canada's response to calls for a third-party investigation into their sport, saying it "deflects and defers any meaningful action." Gymn...
Apr 27, 2022

B.C. raises forest revenue sharing amounts for First Nations in reconciliation move
VICTORIA - First Nations in British Columbia will receive a $63 million increase in forestry income this year as part of a new revenue-sharing model that Indigenous leaders say is an encouraging step ...
Apr 27, 2022

Nine impaired drivers taken off Red Deer roads last weekend
Red Deer RCMP members identified and removed nine impaired drivers from the roads during regular policing patrols this past weekend. Mounties say six drivers received Immediate Roadside Sanctions for ...
Apr 27, 2022

MISSING: Zyanna Connor, 14, of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP are asking for the public's assistance to locate a missing 14-year-old girl.Zyanna Connor was last seen in Red Deer on April 24. Red Deer RCMP wish to locate Zyanna to confirm her wellbe...
Apr 27, 2022

Curbing Canadian forest fires could be an affordable way to cut emissions: study
Better wildfire management in Canadian and Alaskan forests could offer a cost-effective way to limit greenhouse gas emissions, a new study says. Research published in the journal Science Advances on W...
Apr 27, 2022

Dr. Hinshaw, Minister Copping deliver weekly COVID-19 update for April 27
Beginning the week of March 23, Alberta Health is only sharing new COVID-19 data with the public on Wednesdays, barring extenuating circumstances. rdnewsNOW will continue to report them as they are up...
Apr 27, 2022

Passersby tried to rob dying victim: Saskatchewan woman sentenced in fatal stabbing
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan woman who stabbed her victim outside a mall where people robbed her as she lay dying has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for manslaughter. Latisha Grumbo,...
Apr 27, 2022