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Westwood leads at The Players Championship, Conners tied for 22nd
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Lee Westwood gets another shot at winning The Players Championship, and another crack at Bryson DeChambeau. Westwood made a 25-foot birdie putt on the island-green 17th hole,...
Mar 13, 2021
Iroquois lacrosse team aims to make Olympic competition under its own flag
Iroquois Nationals lacrosse star Randy Staats was angry at first, but he now says an international snub of his team only fuelled his desire to play on the world stage. Three years ago, the Internation...
Mar 13, 2021
Province adds 70 variant cases, Red Deer down to 115 active
Alberta added 474 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday with a positivity rate of ~5.3 per cent and 8,873 tests completed.The number of active cases in the province is 4,594, up 48. Recoveries are up 421 ...
Mar 13, 2021
Portland police: Detained protesters had bear spray, hammers
PORTLAND, Ore. - Officers found a crowbar, hammers, bear spray and firearms after they corralled a group of about 100 protesters, Portland police said Saturday. In a news release, the police bureau sa...
Mar 13, 2021
B.C. judge says evidence in Meng case fit for trial, not extradition effort
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected a bid by Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to admit additional sworn testimonies from employees of the telecom giant as evidence in her extradition case...
Mar 13, 2021
Critics call Sen. Ron Johnson's insurrection comments racist
MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is being called racist for an interview in which the white Republican said he wasn't worried about the predominantly white supporters of President Donald Trump d...
Mar 13, 2021
How Cuomo investigation, possible impeachment could play out
NEW YORK - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has urged New Yorkers to "wait for the facts." Patience, though, has grown thin. The state's two U.S. senators, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gilli...
Mar 13, 2021
Bolivia arrests ex-leader in crackdown on opposition
LA PAZ, Bolivia - The conservative interim president who led Bolivia for a year was arrested Saturday as officials of the restored leftist government pursue those involved in the 2019 ouster of social...
Mar 13, 2021
Land transfer sets up long-term success for Ponoka Stampede
The mayor of Ponoka says approval of a land transfer will allow the Ponoka Stampede and Exhibition Association to have long-term success and permanency.Rick Bonnett and town council, this week, passed...
Mar 13, 2021
Four Red Deer schools to supply free menstrual products
Four Red Deer schools will soon offer barrier-free access to menstrual products.A pilot project organized by the Soroptimist International Central Alberta, in partnership with the United Way Central A...
Mar 13, 2021