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Notley promises extra $90M a year to reduce waits in surgery, emergency wards
CALGARY – Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is promising to spend an additional $90 million a year on health to further reduce surgery wait times if the party is re-elected April 16. Notley says ...
Mar 26, 2019

NASA nixes 1st all-female spacewalk due to suit-sizing issue
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has nixed the first all-female spacewalk over a spacesuit sizing issue. Astronaut Anne McClain was supposed to float out of the International Space Station this Friday with...
Mar 26, 2019

B.C. seaplane company's plan for electric fleet is set for take off
VANCOUVER - A seaplane company in British Columbia says it is partnering with an electric propulsion firm with the goal of becoming the world’s first all-electric airline. Harbour Air operates 3...
Mar 26, 2019
Boo light special? Market defends self against ghost claim
WILMINGTON, Mass. - A New England supermarket chain is spiriting away rumours that one of its stores is haunted. A spokeswoman for Market Basket says in a statement to The Boston Globe that “as ...
Mar 26, 2019

Consular officials in China meet with detained businessman Michael Spavor
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says detained Canadian businessman Michael Spavor received a visit from consular officials in China today. The visit comes a day after former diplomat Michael Kovrig was...
Mar 26, 2019

Chinese student Wanzhen Lu found safe after abduction Saturday: police
Chinese student Wanzhen Lu, who was violently taken from an underground parking garage in Markham, Ont., north of Toronto on Saturday, has been found safe and in good health. Const. Andy Pattenden wit...
Mar 26, 2019
Todd Helton cited on DUI charge, enters treatment centre
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Former All-Star first baseman Todd Helton has received a misdemeanour citation on a charge of driving under the influence after getting involved in a one-car accident. Helton’...
Mar 26, 2019

Upcoming provincial election candidate forums
Here's a list of upcoming candidate forums for the provincial election that are happening in and around Red Deer. If you know of an upcoming event, feel free to email us the info to news@rdnewsnow.com...
Mar 26, 2019

LOCATED: 15 y/o Jennaya Greenough
Innisfail RCMP wish to thank the public for their assistance as Jennaya Greenough has been located safe and unharmed.
Mar 26, 2019

Baltimore mayor's $500K book deal draws intense criticism
BALTIMORE - A search is underway in Maryland for “Healthy Holly” - not a fugitive or a missing citizen, but a self-published children’s book series authored by Baltimore Mayor Cather...
Mar 26, 2019