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Notre Dame High School's "Le Cordon Rouge" evening
Red Deer- Food studies students demonstrated, prepared and served Italian delights last Thursday evening at cole Secondaire Notre Dame High School's "Le Cordon Rouge" Kitchen event. For $65, people we...
Feb 10, 2020

China virus cases rise again, 65 more on ship in Japan
BEIJING - China reported a rise in new virus cases Monday, denting optimism that disease control measures including isolating major cities might be working, while the operator of a cruise ship in Japa...
Feb 10, 2020

Trump's $4.8 trillion budget proposal revisits rejected cuts
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 trillion election-year budget plan that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs to promise a balanced budget in 15 years - all whi...
Feb 10, 2020

Princess Cruises confirms new Canadian coronavirus case aboard Diamond Princess
YOKOHAMA, Japan - Princess Cruises says a Canadian is among an additional 66 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the Japanese port city of Yokoha...
Feb 10, 2020

Canadians Kim Boutin, Steven Dubois win World Cup gold
DRESDEN, Germany - Canadians Kim Boutin and Steven Dubois both won gold in the 500-metre event on Sunday at the ISU short track World Cup. Boutin, from Sherbrooke, Que., took her r...
Feb 10, 2020

BIG Pursuit returns in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters
Red Deer's most amazing race is back again for another year. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Red Deer and District launched their pledging campaign and announced this year's edition of The BIG Pursuit at ...
Feb 10, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Canadian pitcher Soroka hoping to carry 2019 success into new season
Canadian pitcher Mike Soroka found success quickly in his first full season in the major leagues last year. But for the 22-year-old Calgary native, there was nothing sudden - or surprising - about how...
Feb 10, 2020

Conservative leadership contenders make pitches on policy, unity at N.S. event
OTTAWA - Call it the Iowa of the federal Conservative leadership race. Just as that state is the first stop on the road to the U.S. presidency, Nova Scotia was the setting on Saturday for the debut gr...
Feb 10, 2020

A new shipboard Cdn coronavirus case and pipeline protests; In The News for Feb. 10
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 10. What we are watching in Canada ... Pr...
Feb 10, 2020

Backlog of applications for veterans' benefits grows by the thousands
OTTAWA - More Canadian veterans than ever are waiting to find out whether they qualify for disability benefits, despite repeated government promises and efforts to get the situation under control. New...
Feb 10, 2020