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Teachers learn that online classes for foreign students come with geopolitical snags
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - In the midst of the summer scramble to get courses online at Memorial University in St. John's, Sonja Knutson realized there were political implications to remote learning she hadn'...
Oct 05, 2020
Week of Nobel Prize announcement begins with medicine award
STOCKHOLM - The 2020 Nobel Prizes kick off Monday with the naming of the winner, or winners, in the field of physiology and medicine. A panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm will announce the...
Oct 05, 2020
Butler's big night helps Heat cut Lakers' Finals lead to 2-1
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Jimmy Butler is not ready to go home. A triple-double later, he joined NBA Finals lore - and the short-handed Miami Heat might have made this title matchup a series after all....
Oct 04, 2020
Hundreds turn out for Peace Walk through downtown Red Deer
"Today, we are going to have our voices heard," said Red Deer Peace Walk co-organizer Callum Daniels ahead of Sunday afternoon's event in the city's downtown.Daniels told rdnewsNOW it was difficult to...
Oct 04, 2020
Red Deer Emergency Services hosts Swearing-in Ceremony
Members of Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) gathered recently for a small but special ceremony to welcome new leaders to its team of chief officers and say thank you to some retiring members.A Swear...
Oct 04, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Oct. 4
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:22 p.m. EDT on Oct. 4, 2020: There are 166,160 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 78,459 confirmed (including 5,878 deaths, 65,304 re...
Oct 04, 2020
Tam urges Thanksgiving caution amid recent rise in cases of COVID-19
Plan ahead to make sure this year's Thanksgiving holiday is safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's top public health officer urged on Sunday as case counts continued to soar in several parts...
Oct 04, 2020
Quebec coroner's office to launch public inquest into Joyce Echaquan's death
MONTREAL - A public inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman who filmed herself being insulted by Quebec hospital staff hours before she died will be launched as soon as possible, the province's ...
Oct 04, 2020
Advocates marking MMIW remembrance day note death of Indigenous woman in hospital
Those wondering whether Indigenous women's rights are still being violated need only look to the death of Joyce Echaquan for their answer, advocates said Sunday as they participated in an annual vigil...
Oct 04, 2020
Sergio Garcia birdies final hole to win in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. - Sergio Garcia delivered two key shots on the back nine, the last one an 8-iron to 30 inches on the final hole for birdie and a one-shot victory in the Sanderson Farms Championship. Ga...
Oct 04, 2020