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Red Deer River Naturalists September 2023 event
You are all invited to the Red Deer River Naturalists September 2023 Speaker of the Month.Speakers: Cathy Steele & Myrna PearmanWhen: September 28, 2023 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Where: Held at the Ke...
Sep 05, 2023
Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating his far-right extremist group's attack on the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to st...
Sep 05, 2023
Final arguments heard in Law Society case against Alberta’s former justice minister
CALGARY - The Law Society of Alberta has heard final arguments into allegations a former Alberta cabinet minister broke the profession's code of conduct.The lengthy hearings began in January and the t...
Sep 05, 2023
Fierce storm in southern Brazil kills at least 21 people and displaces more than 1,600
SAO PAULO (AP) - At least 21 people died in southern Brazil due to a fierce storm that caused floods in several cities, authorities said Tuesday. Rio Grande do Sul Gov. Eduardo Leite said the death to...
Sep 05, 2023
Former Toronto FC fullback Ashtone Morgan joins MLS club's front office
TORONTO - Former Toronto FC fullback Ashtone Morgan has come full circle, returning to the MLS club where he started his pro career but this time to play a role in the front office. The 32-year-old ha...
Sep 05, 2023
Judge allows Georgia to resume enforcing ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender youth
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia can resume enforcing a ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender people under 18, a judge ruled Tuesday, putting her previous order blocking the ban on hold after a fed...
Sep 05, 2023
Kings Soccer looking forward to challenging for top spot in the South
After a season that saw the Red Deer Polytechnic Kings fall out of the soccer championships in the quarter-finals, the team wants to bounce back this year and fight for the top spot with the SAIT Troj...
Sep 05, 2023
Canada marks two years of single-game sports betting with concerns from researchers
Canadian researchers are raising concerns about the lack of health data as well as the long-term effects related to single-game and in-play sports gambling across the country. Statistics Canada last c...
Sep 05, 2023
Mother tells B.C. murder trial she regrets leaving her daughter home alone
VANCOUVER - The mother of a 13-year-old girl killed six years ago told a British Columbia Supreme Court jury she regrets allowing the girl to stay home alone the day she went missing. Ibrahim Ali has ...
Sep 05, 2023
Viking-themed B.C. performers made mud dragons at Burning Man quagmire
Hjeron O'Sidhe has been leading a group of Viking-themed performance artists to the Burning Man festival in Nevada for 13 years running, and he wasn't about to let the rain and mud this year dampen th...
Sep 05, 2023