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Kings and Queens soccer, cross country running teams earn medals
Red Deer Polytechnic Athletics added to its previous total of 172 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) team and individual titles on Saturday. Here is a summary of what happened this past week:...
Nov 02, 2021

Team Bottcher completes perfect run through Americas Zone Challenge in Lacombe
Trick-or-treating with their families was on the agenda for Sunday evening, but before they got to enjoy that, members of Team Bottcher took care of some final business in the afternoon, completing a ...
Nov 02, 2021

PM says Indigenous talks may offer "solution" so Canada can honour war dead
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is confident a "solution" will be reached to allow Canada to honour its war dead on Remembrance Day by lowering the flag to half-mast. Trudeau gave his s...
Nov 02, 2021

Football Alberta high school football rankings
Football Alberta has released its Weekly Top-10 Rankings for all four Tiers of 12-man high school football in the province and the 6-man rankings as well for the 2021 season. These rankings come out e...
Nov 02, 2021

World Series seeing its highest TV viewership since 2019
HOUSTON (AP) - The World Series has its highest broadcast viewership since 2019 - with 13.9 million tuned in during Sunday's Game 5 alone across Fox platforms. Atlanta's 3-2 win over Houston on Saturd...
Nov 02, 2021

Gilmore steps down as president and CEO of MLS club CF Montréal
MONTREAL - Kevin Gilmore is stepping down as president and chief executive officer of Major League Soccer team CF Montral. A team release Thursday said the move is effective immediately and called it ...
Nov 02, 2021

Toronto FC season on the line in Canadian Championship semifinal against Pacific FC
Toronto FC's season is on the line Wednesday, with the visit of Pacific FC for the Canadian Championship semifinal. Whatever happens at BMO Field, Pacific (13-8-6) will still be atop the Canadian Prem...
Nov 02, 2021

Kabul safe houses need $5 million by Friday to stay open, say veterans
OTTAWA - Canadian veterans who fought in Afghanistan say another $5 million is needed to keep safe houses in Kabul open past a Friday closure deadline. The safe houses are protecting about 1,700 forme...
Nov 02, 2021

AP: New autopsy rejects crash theory in Ronald Greene death
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A reexamined autopsy ordered by the FBI in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene has rejected the Louisiana State Police claim that a car crash caused his fatal injuries, narrowin...
Nov 02, 2021

Ethiopia orders emergency as Tigray forces threaten capital
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's government declared a national state of emergency Tuesday as rival Tigray forces threaten to move on the capital and the country's yearlong war escalates quickly. The ...
Nov 02, 2021