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Airport lands grant funding for equipment upgrade
EDMONTON- Red Deer Airport is getting nearly a quarter million dollars to purchase a new piece of runway equipment. The airport is getting $271,450 to replace a wheeled loader which is used for pullin...
Jul 24, 2018
Ohio State Fair butter sculpture honours 'A Christmas Story'
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The butter sculpture at this year’s Ohio State Fair brings a bit of Christmas in July with a dairy display of key elements from the 1983 film “A Christmas Story,” wh...
Jul 24, 2018
Andrew Harris, Sinopoli and Trevor Harris named CFL top performers for Week 6
TORONTO - Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris, Ottawa receiver Brad Sinopoli and Redblacks quarterback Trevor Harris are the CFL’s top performers for Week 6. Andrew Harris, a Winnipeg native, ru...
Jul 24, 2018
Opioid crisis: New Brunswick considering lawsuit to recoup health care costs
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick says it’s considering launching or joining a lawsuit aimed at recovering health care costs from the growing opioid crisis. At least 241 people in New Brunswick have d...
Jul 24, 2018
Dancers on Egyptian streets accused of violating traffic law
CAIRO - People who took to the streets in Egypt for an online dance challenge face penalties over allegations they endangered lives and violated public decency, the state media reported on Tuesday. Th...
Jul 24, 2018
Kay MacBeth, the last surviving member of the Edmonton Grads, dies at 96
TORONTO - They were basketball’s version of “A League of Their Own,” only better, a group of trailblazing women who utterly dominated their sport for a quarter of a century. And on S...
Jul 24, 2018
LA chief says police, not gunman, fired fatal shot at market
LOS ANGELES - A supermarket worker was killed by a bullet fired by Los Angeles police - not the gunman they were trying to stop - the city’s police chief acknowledged Tuesday, defending the deci...
Jul 24, 2018
Toronto FC looks to dispatch Ottawa in Canadian Championship semifinal
TORONTO - While Toronto FC is still mired near the bottom of the MLS standings, the mood is a little more upbeat these days. The return of star striker Jozy Altidore, Spanish playmaker Victor Vazquez ...
Jul 24, 2018
Ottawa looking at stricter handgun controls to stem violence, Goodale says
OTTAWA - The federal government is prepared to consider tightening handgun laws, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told reporters Tuesday as he responded to questions surrounding the deadly weekend...
Jul 24, 2018
Dairy Queen Athlete of the Month June 2018 - Matthew Mundorf
Red Deer’s Matthew Mundorf has been selected as our rdnewsNOW “Dairy Queen Athlete of the Month” for June. Mundorf plays softball with the The Red Deer Rockets Special Olympics team....
Jul 24, 2018