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Naloxone training offered, vigil held for International Overdose Awareness Day
Community members came together Friday afternoon at Red Deer's City Hall Park to remember those whose lives have been lost to a drug overdose.The candlelight vigil and education event prior were held ...
Aug 30, 2019 During a demonstration on how to administer Naloxone, a needle is inserted into a cylinder meant to simulate human skin. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
After US Open win, Federer bristles at idea he chose timing
NEW YORK - There was no slow start to this U.S. Open outing for Roger Federer, who bristled at the suggestion that he might have played a role in some favourable scheduling. After dropping the opening...
Aug 30, 2019
Vancouver Whitecaps remain resilient despite tough travel schedule
VANCOUVER - After a rough week-long road trip, coach Marc Dos Santos says his Vancouver Whitecaps are returning home to what feels like a bit of a rude dinner guest. While the 'Caps (6-13-9) drop...
Aug 30, 2019
Appeals court reinstates lawsuit in SC church shooting case
RICHMOND, Va. - A lawsuit over a faulty background check that allowed a South Carolina man to buy the gun he used to kill nine people in a racist attack at a Charleston church was reinstated Friday by...
Aug 30, 2019
Liberals drop candidate in Montreal riding over comments described as anti-Semitic
OTTAWA - The Liberal Party of Canada has dropped a Montreal-area candidate over past statements he made that were described as anti-Semitic by a Jewish advocacy group. Hassan Guillet will no...
Aug 30, 2019
MSNBC's O'Donnell retracts Trump story
NEW YORK - MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Wednesday retracted his story about supposed Russian ties to President Donald Trump's finances and apologized for reporting it - just as Trump's lawyer demande...
Aug 30, 2019
Federer ends slow starts, rolls into fourth round at US Open
NEW YORK - Roger Federer didn't change much, outside of where his team was sitting. He certainly wasn't going to overreact to a couple of poor starts after all these years and do anything different wi...
Aug 30, 2019
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ends once-promising presidential bid
WASHINGTON - Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday, abruptly ending a campaign that once looked poised to ride strong #MeToo credentials to formidability but inste...
Aug 30, 2019
Freeland says she brought up case of imprisoned Canadian, with Cuban foreign minister
MONTREAL - Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday she raised the case of Benjamin Tomlin, a Canadian citizen imprisoned in Cuba, during a meeting with her Cuban counterpart ea...
Aug 30, 2019
NHL informs union it won't terminate labour deal
Citing what it called momentum from a sustained period of labour peace, the NHL said Friday it has informed the NHL Players' Association it will not use its option to terminate the existing collective...
Aug 30, 2019