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Who you gonna call? Alberta rattlesnake wrangler keeps serpents, citizens safe
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - One rattlesnake got caught in freshly laid tar under someone's stairs. Others typically get twisted and trapped in garden netting. Ryan Heavy Head comes to the rescu...
Jun 24, 2019
Building under construction topples in Cambodia, killing 17
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - Cambodian rescuers combing through the rubble of a collapsed seven-story building recovered the bodies of 17 construction workers and pulled out 24 injured, as authorities qu...
Jun 23, 2019
Greg Ellingson, Trevor Harris lead Eskimos over Lions 39-23
EDMONTON - Greg Ellingson came alive before it was too late on Friday. Trevor Harris threw three touchdown passes, including two to Ellingson, as the Eskimos overcame a bad start to spoil former quart...
Jun 23, 2019
Weekly Scoreboard: June 24-30, 2019
Alberta Football LeagueCentral Alberta Buccaneers (3-1)Week 6 - BYE--Baseball Alberta Sunburst League - Senior AAARed Deer Riggers (5-4)NO GAMES--Red Deer Braves BaseballMidget AAA (13U)NO GAMESBantam...
Jun 23, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Vázquez's HR in 10th caps Red Sox rally past Blue Jays 7-5
BOSTON - Trailing by four runs in the seventh, the Red Sox needed a little extra time to complete their latest dramatic comeback. Boston scored three runs in the seventh and another in the eighth to t...
Jun 23, 2019
Calgary Flames select forward Jakob Pelletier with the No. 26 pick
VANCOUVER - Jakob Pelletier tried to stay calm Friday night as the Calgary Flames staff moved towards the draft stage. The 18-year-old winger from Quebec City had spoken with the club earlier in the d...
Jun 23, 2019
Winnipeg Jets take Finnish defenceman Heinola 20th overall at NHL draft
VANCOUVER - Ville Heinola doesn't know much about Winnipeg, but that's likely to change soon. The Winnipeg Jets selected the Finnish defenceman with the 20th overall pick at the NHL draft on Frid...
Jun 23, 2019
Canadiens take American winger Cole Caufield 15th overall at NHL draft
VANCOUVER - Cole Caufield isn't concerned about his size. At five-foot-seven, 163 pounds the right-winger from Wisconsin wasn't the biggest player taken in the first round of the NHL draft o...
Jun 23, 2019
Canucks pick Russian forward Vasily Podkolzin 10th overall
Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning has long had his eye on Vasily Podkolzin. He watched him at the world junior hockey championships held in Vancouver last winter and liked Podkolzin's size...
Jun 23, 2019
Yukon's Dylan Cozens selected seventh overall by Buffalo Sabres at NHL draft
VANCOUVER - Growing up north of the 60th parallel, the NHL seemed far away to Dylan Cozens. It was, literally. Now everything's a whole lot closer for the Whitehorse native. Cozens...
Jun 23, 2019