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NHL's road trips looking a lot different in 2021
Brendan Gallagher misses the restaurants, the laughs, the camaraderie and the bonding. He isn't alone. NHL road trips, especially early in the season, are usually chances to get to know new teammates ...
Jan 31, 2021
Red Deer up to 187 active cases, Alberta Health reports eight more deaths
Alberta is reporting another 461 cases of COVID-19, for a total of 124,208 up to the end of Jan. 30.With recoveries taken into account, active cases drop by 25 to 7,505. With 8,946 tests done, the pos...
Jan 31, 2021
EU: AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more vaccine doses
BERLIN - Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to supply 9 million additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine to the European Union during the first quarter, the bloc's executive arm said Sun...
Jan 31, 2021
2 arrests in attack on famed San Francisco private eye
SAN FRANCISCO - Two men have been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery that left famed San Francisco private investigator Jack Palladino on life support, police said Sunday. Palladino hims...
Jan 31, 2021
Canada's death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 20,000 as new flight restrictions begin
Canada's official COVID-19 death toll surpassed 20,000 on Sunday as flights to major sun destinations were grounded in an effort to limit further spread of the virus. The sobering figure emerged after...
Jan 31, 2021
RDC presents 5th annual Indigenous Perspectives Conference
Red Deer College will host the 5th annual Indigenous Perspectives Conference this coming week.The even will happen entirely virtually on Feb 4-5, and is open to RDC students as well as the public.In a...
Jan 31, 2021
NHL's road trips looking a lot different in 2021
Brendan Gallagher misses the restaurants, the laughs, the camaraderie and the bonding. He isn't alone. NHL road trips, especially early in the season, are usually chances to get to know new teammates ...
Jan 31, 2021
Poland protesters take weekend off for fundraiser
WARSAW, Poland - From soccer star Robert Lewandowski to opposition politicians, Polish citizens on Sunday donated at least 71 million zlotys ($19 million) to a charity's fundraiser for health causes t...
Jan 31, 2021
#CallForACause Radiothon set for Feb. 19 in support of Red Deer Regional Health Foundation
Once again, BIG 105, 106-7 REWIND Radio and rdnewsNOW are bringing you the annual #CallForACause Radiothon in support of the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation (RDRHF).This year's event will be a lit...
Jan 31, 2021
Grandparents, researchers, friends: 20,000 people in Canada have died of COVID-19
When Thelma Coward-Ince donned her uniform in 1954, she was believed to be the first Black reservist in the Royal Canadian Navy. Decades later, the strong, hard-working great-grandmother moved into th...
Jan 31, 2021