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Report advises changes to Alberta Health Services, could save $2 billion per year
EDMONTON, AB - A benchmark review of health-care delivery in Alberta says the province needs to get better value for the money it spends.The report by Ernst and Young urges the province to make 57 cha...
Feb 03, 2020 AHS

Price stops 29 shots for shutout to lead Canadiens over Panthers
MONTREAL - For the first time this season the Florida Panthers were held off the scoreboard. Carey Price and Montreal kept Florida's league-best offence from scoring in a 4-0 ...
Feb 03, 2020

Canada's Kingsbury reaches another World Cup moguls milestone with win No. 60
CALGARY - Mikael Kingsbury feels supremely confident racing moguls in Calgary. He parlayed that self-assurance into a 60th career World Cup victory Saturday. The reigning Olympic and world men's champ...
Feb 03, 2020

Canadian women look to beat Mexico and win group at CONCACAF Olympic qualifier
EDINBURG, Texas - History and the numbers are on Canada's side Tuesday when it faces Mexico to decide first place in Group B at the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship. Eighth-ranked...
Feb 03, 2020

Hurricanes defeat Rebels in annual blood drive
As the month of January has come to an end, so has the annual Hockey Gives Blood Challenge between the Red Deer Rebels and Lethbridge Hurricanes. Officials with Canadian Blood Services have revealed t...
Feb 03, 2020

Sylvan Lake man charged in $2.6 million fraud case still seeking lawyer
Legal delays continue for a Sylvan Lake man charged in an alleged $2.6 million fraud case reportedly involving a 'revolutionary fracking product.'Dane Michael Skinner, 55, appeared in Red Deer Court o...
Feb 03, 2020 Dane Skinner of Sylvan Lake stands accused in a $2.6 million fraud case involving a reported 'revolutionary fracking product.' (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Doctor who examined Lionel Desmond tells fatality inquiry what he saw
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry investigating why a mentally ill Afghanistan war veteran fatally shot three members of his family before killing himself has heard from an emergency room ...
Feb 03, 2020

Ripple effect on Canadian immigration likely from Trump's new visa restrictions
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to slap visa restrictions on six new countries could affect immigration flows to Canada. Past moves by his administration on immigration policy for Hait...
Feb 03, 2020

Staples Center removes public's massive Kobe Bryant memorial
LOS ANGELES - A massive memorial created by the public outside Staples Center after the death of former Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant was being dismantled Monday, with an official saying some of the it...
Feb 03, 2020

Man given life sentence without parole for 25 years for B.C. officer's murder
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man convicted of first-degree murder for the death of a British Columbia police officer has been sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole for 25 years. Oscar Arfm...
Feb 03, 2020