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Trudeau to provide another briefing to nation as COVID-19 threat escalates
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be updating Canadians again today on the latest measures being taken to try to protect the country against the steadily escalating COVID-19 threat. Trudeau ...
Mar 22, 2020
Iran leader refuses US help, citing virus conspiracy theory
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran's supreme leader on Sunday refused U.S. assistance to fight the new coronavirus, citing an unfounded conspiracy theory that the virus could be man-made by America. A...
Mar 22, 2020
Strong earthquake shakes Croatia, damages buildings
ZAGREB, Croatia - A strong earthquake shook Croatia and its capital on Sunday, causing widespread damage and panic. Some casualties were reported. The European seismological agency, EMSC, said the ear...
Mar 22, 2020
An open letter from RDC President Dr. Peter Nunoda
Friends of Red Deer College,This is a time that is unprecedented at RDC, not to mention provincially and globally. I know that many of us are feeling the impacts of COVID-19 related challenges on our ...
Mar 21, 2020
Famous Albertans ask you to 'Help Prevent the Spread'
A video featuring a who's who of well known Albertans has been released by the Government of Alberta.In the video, the various celebrities, politicians and athletes implore viewers to 'help prevent th...
Mar 21, 2020 (Government of Alberta)
City Manager encourages Red Deerians to take care of themselves and fellow citizens
In lieu of a Facebook Live press conference Saturday evening, the City of Red Deer released a video message from City Manager Allan Seabrooke.In the video, Seabrooke says there isn't a lot of new info...
Mar 21, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Local brewery takes to crafting hand sanitizer
Something's brewing at Red Deer's Troubled Monk, and we don't mean craft beer.It also isn't infused with hops, nor does it have a funky name (yet), but the hand sanitizer being concocted at the brewer...
Mar 21, 2020 Head Brewer Garret Haynes (right) and Brewer Sam Bethlehem are spending a good chunk of their time at Troubled Monk Brewery this week social distancing, and bottling not beer, but hand sanitizer. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Raphael Lavoie signs entry-level three-year deal with Edmonton Oilers
EDMONTON - Raphael Lavoie signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. The 19-year-old Lavoie is in his fourth season in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. H...
Mar 21, 2020
A look back at Olympics that never were: 1916, '40 and '44
With more and more calls to postpone the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus outbreak, it's worth noting that this every-four-years spectacle has been rocked before by traumatic events. Three ot...
Mar 21, 2020
Second Senators player tests positive for coronavirus
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators say another one of their players has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of known NHL cases to two. The team announced their second case in a...
Mar 21, 2020