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NDP refutes claim the UCP is keeping its promises
CALGARY - Alberta's premier says the Opposition and union leaders are treating public sector cuts as though they are the arrival of the apocalypse.But Jason Kenney says his United Conservative governm...
Dec 01, 2019 Delegates vote during the UCP AGM this weekend in Calgary. (The Canadian Press/Dave Chidley)

Nurse expected Serge Ibaka back in the lineup Sunday after missing 10 games
TORONTO - Serge Ibaka was expected to play Sunday night when the Toronto Raptors hosted the Utah Jazz. The Raptors forward missed 10 games after suffering an ankle strain against New Orleans on Nov. 8...
Dec 01, 2019

Wesley and Anderson talk shop and hockey roots at Hometown Hockey
For Glen Wesley and Glenn Anderson, being a part of the Hometown Hockey festivities this weekend in Red Deer was an opportunity to get back to some of their hockey roots.Wesley, Red Deer born and bred...
Dec 01, 2019 Red Deer native Glen Wesley signs autographs and meets with fans during Hometown Hockey festivities in downtown Red Deer on Saturday. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Voters keeping pressure on Kenney, Moe, survey results suggest
OTTAWA - As provincial and territorial leaders prepare to gather, new survey results suggest two western premiers pushing Ottawa to help kickstart their economies face some uneasin...
Dec 01, 2019

Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur underwent additional surgery last week
Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur has undergone an additional surgery, just two months removed from a quadruple bypass heart surgery in late September. At the request of the Lafleur family, th...
Dec 01, 2019

Austria's Mayer takes season-opening Super G race, Italy's Paris second
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Matthias Mayer of Austria won the season-opening World Cup Super-G on Sunday. The reigning Olympic champion in the discipline posted a time of one minute 31.40 seconds o...
Dec 01, 2019

Stolen fire truck sparks police pursuit in Winnipeg, suspect arrested
WINNIPEG - Police zapped a man with a stun gun and took him into custody Friday after a suspect stole a fire truck and drove it, lights flashing and horn blaring, through downtown Winnipeg. Const. Rob...
Dec 01, 2019

Rebels lose fourth straight in 4-3 defeat to Regina
It was another close battle in a 4-3 Rebels defeat at the hands of the Regina Pats on Saturday night. Red Deer fans saw a new face in the crease on this evening, as 16-year-old AP goaltender Chase Cow...
Dec 01, 2019 (Rob Wallator)

Canada's MacLennan wins bronze in trampoline world championships
TOKYO - Two-time Olympic gold medallist Rosie MacLennan of King City, Ont., captured bronze in the women's individual trampoline event on Sunday to wrap-up the 2019 Trampoline Gymnastics World Ch...
Dec 01, 2019

Canada's Boutin claims gold medal in women's 500 at short-track World Cup
NAGOYA, Japan - Kim Boutin was one of three medallists for Canada on Sunday at a short-track speedskating World Cup, claiming gold in the women's 500 metres. Courtney Sarault of Moncton, N.B., won sil...
Dec 01, 2019