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Bills seek to end 'conversion therapy' in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Twice a week for four years when he was in high school, gay student Zach Meiners underwent "conversion therapy," a practice that attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or ge...
Jan 14, 2020
Ottawa Redblacks re-sign Canadian defensive back Justin Howell
OTTAWA - Canadian defensive back Justin Howell has signed a one-year contract extension with the Ottawa Redblacks. The native of Bradford, Ont., has 21 defensive tackles and 16 special-teams tackles o...
Jan 14, 2020
Veteran Canadian centre Tristan Thompson setting tone in Cleveland
Tristan Thompson gleefully bounded around the Cleveland dressing room, his teammates enthusiastically showering him with buckets of water. The Canadian centre had just scored a career-high 35 poi...
Jan 14, 2020
Officials: Jet fuel lands on Los Angeles school playground
CUDAHY, Calif. - Jet fuel dumped by an aircraft returning to Los Angeles International Airport fell onto an elementary school playground where children were playing Tuesday, fire officials said. The L...
Jan 14, 2020
Over 2,000 respond to survey on Molly Banister Drive extension
A City of Red Deer official says they received about 2,000 online and mail-in responses for its survey on the future of Molly Banister Drive. The survey, which closed on Monday, was prompted by a prop...
Jan 14, 2020
Haitian-Canadians commemorate 10 year anniversary of deadly earthquake
MONTREAL - Gael Stephenson Chancy remembers the time following the earthquake that struck Haiti ten years ago as the moment he was forced to grow up. As his family rode in a transport towards the...
Jan 14, 2020
Semi rollover closes northbound QE II Highway at Innisfail
Major traffic delays are occurring south of Red Deer this hour as a result of a collision on the QE II Highway. According to 511 Alberta, the collision on the northbound lanes, north of Innisfail near...
Jan 14, 2020
Jewish group seeks removal of anti-Semite's name from Quebec street and park
MONTREAL - A Jewish advocacy group is calling on a city south of Montreal to rename a street and a park honouring a man who sought to prevent Jews from ever buying his land. David Ouellette,...
Jan 14, 2020
Encana shareholders vote 90% for name change and HQ move
Shareholders in Encana Corp. have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the oil and gas company moving its headquarters to Denver from Calgary and changing its name to Ovintiv Inc.CEO Doug Suttles says th...
Jan 14, 2020 encana
Rebels lead blood challenge with Hurricanes through two weeks
The Red Deer Rebels are off to a good start in their bid to outdo the Lethbridge Hurricanes this month in support of Canadian Blood Services. Once again in January, the Rebels and Hurricanes are compe...
Jan 14, 2020