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Gushue beats Dunstone at Tim Hortons Brier to advance to final against Bottcher
KINGSTON, Ont. - Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue defeated Saskatchewan's Matt Dunstone 7-6 in Sunday's semifinal at the Tim Hortons Brier. Gushue had hammer in the 10th end and drew ...
Mar 08, 2020

Kings and Queens earn gold at home track meet
With home track advantage, the Red Deer Kings and Queens indoor track squads each won gold at Saturday's Running Room Grand Prix #2.RDC Head Coach Kari Elliott commented on the first Indoor Track Gran...
Mar 08, 2020 (Red Deer College)

Rebels buck Broncos 4-3 in overtime
Ben King scored the overtime winner as the Red Deer Rebels edged the Swift Current Broncos 4-3 in overtime Saturday night at the Westerner Park Centrium.The Rebels scored first 4:52 into the game when...
Mar 08, 2020 Photo: Rob Wallator

Biggest Red Deer Home Show ever features pint-sized residences
More than 270 businesses took part in this year's Red Deer Home Show, which organizers say makes it the largest ever.One unique company at this year's show was central Alberta-based Tree Hugger Tiny H...
Mar 08, 2020 Scott Smythe, president of central Alberta-based Tree Hugger Tiny Homes, at the Red Deer Home Show on Mar. 7, 2020. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Former Wolfpack CEO Eric Perez details his rugby league road to Ottawa
Having co-founded and launched the Toronto Wolfpack, Eric Perez always knew one rugby league team wasn't enough in North America. "There's so much more potential for it to grow over here," he said. "I...
Mar 08, 2020

Third and fourth presumptive cases of COVID-19 identified in Alberta
The province of Alberta has announced its third and fourth presumptive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).One case is a male in his sixties who lives in the Edmonton Zone of Alberta Health Services...
Mar 08, 2020 Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. (Government of Alberta)

Global Inuit organization concerned about potential spread of COVID-19 in North
OTTAWA - If the novel coronavirus spreads to the North, Inuit communities in Canada and elsewhere in the Arctic are at a much higher risk of exposure because of a chronic lack of basic infrastruc...
Mar 08, 2020

Ottawa speedskater Ivanie Blondin wins World Cup women's mass start title
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Ottawa speedskater Ivanie Blondin captured the overall World Cup women's mass start title Sunday in the final day of competition on the circuit. Blondin finished fifth in the...
Mar 08, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 5:37 p.m. The Ontario Ministry of Health says two more people have tested positive for the novel co...
Mar 08, 2020

21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California
SAN FRANCISCO - Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus and 19 of them are crew members, Vice-President Mike Pence announced Fri...
Mar 08, 2020