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Three Rebels on the board for the 2020 NHL Draft
The Red Deer Rebels are hoping to begin a new streak this week after an impressive one came to an end last year. The Rebels did not have a player selected at the 2019 NHL Draft - a first in the 27-yea...
Oct 05, 2020
Alexis Lafreniere, fellow NHL hopefuls ready for pandemic-delayed NHL draft
Alexis Lafreniere was supposed to hear his named called in front of family, friends and an adoring crowd inside Montreal's Bell Centre. The presumptive top pick in the 2020 NHL draft from nearby St-Eu...
Oct 05, 2020
Canadian Raphael Lessard says first NASCAR win is a "dream come true"
Raphael Lessard's phone has not cooled off since he won his first career NASCAR race Saturday afternoon. "I've never had that many interviews after a race, that many calls. I feel like my phone is goi...
Oct 05, 2020
SARS was 'dress rehearsal for COVID-19' but Canada failed health-care workers: report
Canada put health-care workers at risk of contracting COVID-19 and taking it home to their families because it failed to learn lessons from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2003, a new report says...
Oct 05, 2020
Enrolment down 1% at Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools says its official enrolment for the 2020-2021 school year stands at 10,364 students as of September 30, marking a one per cent drop from the previous school year (10...
Oct 05, 2020
Magnitsky sanctions demanded against Iranians in January shootdown of airliner
OTTAWA - Families and loved ones of those killed in the shootdown of a passenger jet over Tehran are urging Canada to impose so-called Magnitsky sanctions that would target those directly responsible....
Oct 05, 2020
Hundreds of Regal, Cineworld movie theatres to close
LONDON - Shares in the company that owns the Regal, Cineworld and Picturehouse movie theatres fell as much as 58% after it said it will temporarily close the venues because delays to the latest James ...
Oct 05, 2020
RCMP tech analyst testifies about material found on N.B. shooting suspect's computer
FREDERICTON - A senior forensic analyst with the RCMP has begun testifying at the first-degree murder trial of Matthew Raymond in Fredericton. Raymond, 50, is accused in the August 2018 shooting...
Oct 05, 2020
Thomas Jefferson Byrd, known for Spike Lee films, killed
ATLANTA - Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd, known for his roles in Spike Lee films, has been shot and killed in Atlanta, police said Sunday. Police responded to a call around 1:45 a.m. Saturday and found t...
Oct 05, 2020
Newly acquired defenceman Josh Brown signs two-year deal with Ottawa Senators
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed recently acquired defenceman Josh Brown to a two-year, US$2.4-million deal. Brown, who could have become a restricted free agent this off-season, was traded to...
Oct 05, 2020