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Annie L. Gaetz students share in football fun with the pros
It was a fun Football Friday for several dozen students in Red Deer. Grade 5 students from Annie L. Gaetz Elementary hit the indoor field at the Collicutt Centre with some members of the CFL's Edmonto...
Apr 12, 2019 Tanner Green (right) was joined by some of his Edmonton Eskimos teammates Friday morning in Red Deer (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
Maple Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen rediscovering his game in playoffs
BOSTON - Frederik Andersen settled the puck behind his net, patiently faked out the hard-charging Brad Marchand and zipped a pass beyond Patrice Bergeron to clear the defensive zone. It was a sub...
Apr 12, 2019
NYC Chinese eatery heats up cultural appropriation debate
A New York City restaurant owner who touted her "clean" American-Chinese cuisine and derided Chinese dishes as swimming in "globs of processed butter," sodium and MSG is renewing the long-simmering de...
Apr 12, 2019
Lowered Blackfalds speed limit starts in June
The recently-approved speed limit reduction in Blackfalds will come into effect in June. Town Council approved a new Traffic Bylaw on March 26 that includes lowering the speed limit on town streets fr...
Apr 12, 2019
Amazon: Woody Allen's #MeToo comments wrecked movie deal
NEW YORK - Woody Allen breached his four-movie deal with the online giant by making statements about the #MeToo movement that damaged prospects for promoting his films, an Amazon lawyer said Friday. A...
Apr 12, 2019
Committee calls on Canada to co-operate with NATO to respond to Russia in Arctic
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is urging the government to work with NATO to determine Russia's military intentions in the North and get help to protect the country's Arctic sovereign...
Apr 12, 2019
Little big men: Calgary Flames look to undersized players for some 'heavy lifting'
CALGARY - Being a smaller player used to be an obstacle in the NHL, but the Calgary Flames have turned that notion upside down. The five-foot-nine, 165-pound Johnny Gaudreau led the Western Conference...
Apr 12, 2019
NDP legislators urge Ottawa to provide 'stable funding' to Indigenous Theatre
New Democrat legislators are calling on the Liberal government to reconsider a decision that denies funding to the National Arts Centre's Indigenous Theatre. Five NDP members of parliament signed...
Apr 12, 2019
Raptors and Leafs playoff games highlight Toronto's super Saturday
TORONTO - When Nick Nurse sat down at his post-practice media availability on Friday, a reporter remarked "Nice hat." The Raptors coach was wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs cap, a gif...
Apr 12, 2019
Assange arrest leads to interest in book of Vidal interviews
NEW YORK - The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made a book of interviews with Gore Vidal an unexpected bestseller. Assange was carrying a copy of "Gore Vidal: History of the National Se...
Apr 12, 2019