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ESPN to air games from South Korean baseball league
BRISTOL, Conn. - ESPN will begin airing six regular-season games per week from South Korea's KBO baseball league. The agreement with Eclat Media Group was announced Monday, the day before the league i...
May 04, 2020
Ponoka RCMP lay charges following threats directed towards child
RCMP have arrested and charged a male after he allegedly threatened to bear spray a child who was riding a bike in Ponoka.On May 1 at 5:00 p.m., RCMP responded to a complaint that an adult male, who w...
May 04, 2020
Local dentist loses appeal of unprofessional conduct ruling
A local dentist disciplined for unprofessional conduct through his advertising practices has had his appeal of those findings dismissed.On Wednesday, the Court of Appeal of Alberta announced they were...
May 04, 2020
Red Deer woman arrested for fleeing police near Whitecourt
A woman from Red Deer faces several charges after trying to avoid being arrested by police in Whitecourt.RCMP say it was at about 9:30 p.m. on May 1 when a SUV with a lone occupant was stopped for spe...
May 04, 2020
McIlroy, Johnson headline charity match for COVID-19 relief
Live golf returns to television in just under two weeks with a $3 million charity skins match for COVID-19 relief that includes Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and the broadcast debut of fabled Seminole ...
May 04, 2020
Stranglers keyboardist Dave Greenfield dies with COVID-19
LONDON - Dave Greenfield, the keyboard player with British punk band The Stranglers and who penned the music to their biggest hit, Golden Brown, has died after testing positive for coronavirus. He was...
May 04, 2020
Discovery Wildlife Park opening as a drive-thru
Discovery Wildlife Park in Innisfail will be the first wildlife park in Canada to reopen to the public as the country and economy slowly begin to relaunch during the COVID-19 pandemic.Head Zookeeper S...
May 04, 2020 (Discovery Wildlife Park)
Feds eye new tools to help Access to Information system recover after COVID-19
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government says it will look at whether investments in new technology could help clear any backlog of information requests that arises from a COVID-19 related bottleneck. The Acce...
May 04, 2020
Fish and Game Association rep feels gun ban 'tip of the iceberg'
A past president of the Red Deer Fish and Game Association says the federal government's recently announced ban on 1,500 variants of assault-style guns is 'mostly political.'"It's not the guns that ki...
May 04, 2020 An AR-15 is held by a restricted gun licence holder. (The Canadian Press)
Woodbine's Lawson cautiously optimistic about horse racing's return
TORONTO - Jim Lawson is cautiously optimistic there could be live horse racing as early as next month. Buoying the Woodbine Entertainment CEO's optimism is the Ontario government's gradual easing of C...
May 04, 2020