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Blues move to brink of Cup final with 5-0 win over Sharks
SAN JOSE, Calif. - From last in the league in early January all the way to the brink of their first Stanley Cup Final in nearly a half-century, it has been quite a ride for the St. Louis Blues. A rema...
May 21, 2019
Cooper elected new Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Nathan Cooper, a member of the United Conservative caucus, will preside over and keep order on debates in the house.Cooper is a second-term member representing the riding of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills....
May 21, 2019
Judge delays sentence for 'The Bachelor' star in Iowa crash
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa - A judge has delayed sentencing for former "The Bachelor" star Chris Soules for leaving the scene of a fatal 2017 accident. The decision comes after Judge Andrea Dryer ruled Tuesda...
May 21, 2019
Madonna perfects her off-key Eurovision act online
JERUSALEM - The Queen of Pop has cleaned up her act. After her much-panned performance in the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv on Saturday, Madonna's official YouTube channel released a noticeably ...
May 21, 2019
Guerrero Jr. homers again, Blue Jays beat White Sox 5-2
CHICAGO - Following a slow start, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is showing why he's one of the top prospects in the majors. Guerrero hit another home run, Danny Jansen and Billy McKinney also connected and th...
May 21, 2019
Kyle Kaiser knocks Alonso, McLaren out of Indy 500
INDIANAPOLIS - Fernando Alonso did everything in his power to put McLaren in the Indianapolis 500. He drove flat-out when his car was loose, when it wouldn't steer and when it had a punctured tire. Wh...
May 21, 2019
Oregon hunts for bodies at ex-asylum seen in 'Cuckoo's Nest'
SALEM, Ore. - Oregon will use ground-penetrating radar to search for bodies buried on the campus of a now-defunct psychiatric hospital where the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was filmed befo...
May 21, 2019
Xplore Sport Day this Sunday
Red Deer's annual celebration of sport is happening this weekend. The fifth Xplore Sport Day goes Sunday, May 26 goes from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Servus Arena, Rotary Recreation Park and Red Deer Tennis...
May 21, 2019
Vancouver Aquarium files civil claim suing city and park board over cetacean ban
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Aquarium is suing the city and park board over the 2017 cetacean ban for breach of contract and claiming it lost millions of dollars in revenue. In May 2017 the Vancouve...
May 21, 2019
School staff shown poverty's impact on education
Approximately 65 staff members at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School in Red Deer have been given a better understanding of the realities of poverty.During a professional development day on May 17, st...
May 21, 2019 About 65 staff at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School in Red Deer learned more about the impacts of poverty on education during a poverty simulation May 17.