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RDP Athletics recap: Feb. 7-9
This past week, all three Red Deer Polytechnic teams earned medals at the ACAC Curling Championships held at the Pidherney Centre.Both RDP basketball squads were downed by the Briercrest College Clipp...
Feb 11, 2025

2008 Olympic champion Eric Lamaze banned from equestrian until 2031 for breaking doping rules
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Equestrian rider Eric Lamaze, an Olympic champion in 2008, has been banned from the sport until 2031 after a second four-year doping suspension was imposed at the Court of...
Feb 11, 2025

RDP Athletes of the Week: Feb. 7 - 9
Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) Athletics is very proud to announce Kaylee Raniseth (Queens Curling) and Nick Woznesensksy (Kings Curling) as the Boston Pizza RDP Athletes of the Week:Kaylee RanisethQueens...
Feb 11, 2025

Eagles' Super Bowl-winning coordinator Kellen Moore will become Saints head coach, AP source says
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Kellen Moore, who oversaw the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles ' offense this season, has agreed to return to the site of his latest triumph as the next coach of the New Orle...
Feb 11, 2025

Day two wraps up at the ACAC Curling Championships in Red Deer
The Pidherney Centre was buzzing with excitement on the second day of competition at the 2025 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Curling Championships hosted by Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP). Wi...
Feb 11, 2025

Winnipeg Blue Bombers kick off start of CFL free agency by signing two receivers.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers kicked off the start of CFL free agency Tuesday by coming to terms with Canadian receiver Gavin Cobb on a one-year deal. The move was announced 14 minutes into the free-agent...
Feb 11, 2025

Canada's privacy czar launches investigation into student information data breach
The federal privacy watchdog says he has launched a formal investigation into a cybersecurity breach involving a student information system used across Canada. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne s...
Feb 11, 2025

RCMP identify two men, two women shot and killed in home on Saskatchewan First Nation
REGINA - RCMP have released the names of two men and two women killed last week on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan. Tracey Hotomani, 34, and Terry Jack, 51, both of Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nat...
Feb 11, 2025

QMJHL to award Sidney Crosby Trophy to top rookie starting this season
BOUCHERVILLE, Que. - The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League is naming its rookie of the year award after one of its most famous graduates. The league announced Tuesday that its top rookie will be a...
Feb 11, 2025

Israel orders beefed up troops around Gaza as ceasefire shows signs of faltering
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to beef up troops in and around the Gaza Strip after Hamas threatened to call off a scheduled hostage r...
Feb 11, 2025