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Red Deer cheer team qualifies for world championships
Premier Academy Cheerleading and Tumbling will be sending their Senior Level 6 team, Ivy League, to the 2020 Cheerleading World Championships. They will be the first ever Red Deer cheer team to go to ...
Jan 28, 2020 (Photo submitted)
Kobe Bryant left deep legacy in LA sports, basketball world
LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant inspired a generation of basketball players worldwide with sublime skills and an unquenchable competitive fire. He earned Los Angeles' eternal adoration during his two decade...
Jan 28, 2020
AP source: McConnell says he can't yet block new witnesses
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. That's accordin...
Jan 28, 2020
RCMP searching for man charged with first-degree murder in Wetaskiwin
WETASKIWIN - RCMP in central Alberta say they are searching for a 27-year-old man charged with first-degree murder.Mounties say that Ryan Jake Applegarth is wanted in a homicide earlier this month in ...
Jan 28, 2020 Ryan Jake Applegarth
Authorities deal with ‘nuisance property’ in Eastview
Complaints from neighbouring residents led to a nuisance property in Red Deer's Eastview neighbourhood being dealt with by local authorities last week. On Wednesday, Jan. 22, Red Deer RCMP, The City o...
Jan 28, 2020
Funding for women's group under review after call for ban on man-woman relationships
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it will re-evaluate the $120,000 annual public funding it gives to the province's biggest women's federation after its president suggested that heterose...
Jan 28, 2020
Kobe helicopter tried to climb to avoid clouds before crash
CALABASAS, Calif. - The pilot of the helicopter that crashed near Los Angeles, killing former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others, told air traffic controllers in his last radio message that he...
Jan 28, 2020
AP source: Jet evacuates Americans from China outbreak zone
SANTA ANA, Calif. - An airplane evacuating as many as 240 Americans from a Chinese city at the centre of a virus outbreak departed Wednesday before dawn, and is en route to the U.S., a U.S. State Depa...
Jan 28, 2020
Lethbridge College campus evacuated over threat
LETHBRIDGE - Thousands of students and staff were evacuated from the Lethbridge College campus just before 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday.Inspector Jason Dobirstein with Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says an ...
Jan 28, 2020 Police on scene at Lethbridge College Tuesday afternoon(Lethbridge News Now)
Oilers' Zack Kassian says a win is best revenge against Flames' Matthew Tkachuk
Edmonton Oilers winger Zack Kassian, fresh off a two-game suspension for pummelling Calgary's Matthew Tkachuk, thinks winning will be the best revenge when the teams meet again Wednesday. Kassian feel...
Jan 28, 2020