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Plans underway for so-called salmon cannon to aid return at B.C. landslide: DFO
VANCOUVER - Officials with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans say plans are underway for a pneumatic fish pump, also known as the salmon cannon, to help fish migrate past a&nbs...
Apr 27, 2020
Blackhawks fire team president McDonough in surprising move
CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks fired team president John McDonough on Monday, cutting ties with a key figure in the most successful decade in team history and raising questions about the direction o...
Apr 27, 2020
Province to provide COVID-19 update
Alberta is reporting 216 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths.That gives the province 4,696 total cases and 75 deaths to date. So far, 1,664 people have recovered. Red Deer is reporting one...
Apr 27, 2020
Kings' Cebuliak named ACAC Rookie of the Year
Red Deer College's Will Cebuliak has been named the 2019-20 ACAC Male Rookie of the Year.Cebuliak, a Red Deer native, competed as a member of the RDC Kings Cross Country Running and Indoor Track teams...
Apr 27, 2020 (RDC Athletics)
Blackfalds extends facility closures due to ongoing pandemic
Facility closures in the town of Blackfalds have been extended to May 31.The Town says its top priority remains the health and safety of the public and its staff.It also acknowledges that with nicer w...
Apr 27, 2020
Duvernay-Tardif joins front-line workers at Quebec long-term care facility
MONTREAL - A Quebec-born Super Bowl champion is making the move from the offensive line to the medical front line. Kansas City Chiefs offensive guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is working at a ...
Apr 27, 2020
Canadian indoor soccer star Ian Bennett flies under the radar back home
A showman and all-star with the Milwaukee Wave, Canadian Ian Bennett is a marquee goal-scorer in the Major Arena Soccer League. Still, the 36-year-old Hamilton native flies under the radar north ...
Apr 27, 2020
Maduro taps US fugitive to revamp Venezuela oil industry
MIAMI - President Nicols Maduro on Monday named a powerful ally sanctioned by the U.S. as a drug kingpin, along with a cousin of the late socialist leader Hugo Chvez, to revamp Venezuela's oil industr...
Apr 27, 2020
Red Deer College suspends applications for five programs
Red Deer College has made the "difficult" decision to suspend applications to five of its programs.However, President Dr. Peter Nunoda says the reasoning for most of the suspensions is not what many m...
Apr 27, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Local housing market feeling impact of COVID-19
It appears the economic impact of COVID-19 and its physical distancing guidelines are causing a bit of a slowdown in central Alberta's housing market during what is normally a robust time of year.Offi...
Apr 27, 2020