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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
Film festivals team up to offer free global fest on YouTube
NEW YORK - Film festivals worldwide are teaming up to launch "We Are One: A Global Film Festival," which will play out over 10 days and be available for free on YouTube. Tribeca Enterprises, the compa...
Apr 27, 2020
Comics keep laughs coming even with clubs closed by COVID-19
LOS ANGELES - Whenever she's down, Tiffany Haddish says she finds a good joke can bring her right back up. That's why the popular star of TV, film and stand-up decided to crack wise about ways to surv...
Apr 27, 2020
Michelle Obama documentary 'Becoming' to premiere on Netflix
NEW YORK - A documentary portrait of Michelle Obama titled "Becoming" will premiere on Netflix next week, the streaming company announced Monday. The film, described as "an intimate look into the life...
Apr 27, 2020
NBA pushes plan to reopen facilities until May 8 at earliest
MIAMI - The NBA has pushed back plans that would allow teams to reopen their practice facilities for at least one week, and cautioned that the new target is far from set in stone. The earliest that te...
Apr 27, 2020
Als GM Maciocia says he hasn't spoken to Green about returning to Alouettes
Montreal GM Danny Maciocia hasn't spoken to veteran receiver S.J. Green about finishing his CFL career with the Alouettes. Maciocia told reporters during a video conference Monday his primary focus of...
Apr 27, 2020