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Coach Rick Tocchet's personality, playing style paying off with Vancouver Canucks
NASHVILLE - Rick Tocchet drew ample respect during his 18 seasons as an NHL player. Now he's doing the same behind the bench - and leading the Vancouver Canucks to their best season in over a decade i...
May 03, 2024
Eckville man wins $800,000 on Bigger Spin promotion
Editor's Note: Due to significant amounts of online harassment suffered in the past by local lottery winners , moving forward, rdnewsNOW has decided to no longer publish the names, likenesses or image...
May 03, 2024
Notable rainfall amounts in parts of central Alberta
Some areas of central Alberta received some notable rainfall amounts over the past few days.According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), area communities that saw precipitation amounts g...
May 03, 2024
Bowness, Tocchet, Brunette named finalists for NHL's coach of the year award
NEW YORK - Rick Bowness of the Winnipeg Jets, Rick Tocchet of the Vancouver Canucks and Andrew Brunette of the Nashville Predators are the finalists for this season's Jack Adams Award. The award is pr...
May 03, 2024
Hope Hicks, a former close Trump adviser, takes the witness stand in his hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) - Hope Hicks, a former longtime adviser to Donald Trump, took the witness stand Friday in his criminal trial, where prosecutors are expected to question her about her knowledge of hush m...
May 03, 2024
The Latest | Hope Hicks takes the witness stand in Trump's hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) - Hope Hicks, who served as Donald Trump's 2016 campaign press secretary and went on to hold various roles in his White House, took the witness stand in his New York hush money case on F...
May 03, 2024
Canada will send $65M for humanitarian assistance and economic development to Lebanon
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen announced a $65-million aid package for Lebanon today. Canada is providing $38 million for development assistance and another $27 million in hu...
May 03, 2024
Alberta was one of Canada's top contributors to economic growth in 2023
A new report from Statistics Canada shows that Alberta was one of the country's top economic performers last year, despite national growth slowing.Real GDP growth for all of Canada was 1.2 per cent in...
May 03, 2024
'They didn't accept their fate': Maple Leafs push Bruins to another Game 7
TORONTO - Sheldon Keefe's team had a decision to make. The Maple Leafs head coach watched his players put in a terrible Game 4 performance on home ice against the Boston Bruins - one that left them si...
May 03, 2024
Canadiens sign defenceman Adam Engstrom to three-year, entry-level contract
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens signed defenceman Adam Engstrom to a three-year, entry-level contract on Friday. The 20-year-old Engstrom had four goals and 18 assists in 51 games for Rgle BK of the...
May 03, 2024