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Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the "Hand of God" goal in 1986 and led his country to that year's World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine u...
Nov 25, 2020
The pandemic is changing Hollywood, maybe forever
NEW YORK - "No New 'Movies' Till Influenza Ends" blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding. A century later, during another pande...
Nov 25, 2020
Elite athletes can apply for help with COVID-related expenses
The Red Deer Games Foundation normally provides athlete development grants during two granting periods per year. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their spring 2020 grant program was postpo...
Nov 25, 2020
N.S. brings in rent control, bans 'renovictions' amidst affordable housing crunch
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Liberal government is bringing in rent control amidst a series of evictions of low-income tenants and rising homelessness in Halifax. Housing Minister Chuck Porter said today t...
Nov 25, 2020
Habitat for Humanity celebrates federal funding for Blackfalds build
On the heels of National Housing Day, Habitat Red Deer is announcing project funding benefiting two Central Alberta families at the Aspen Lakes affordable housing project in Blackfalds. The funding is...
Nov 25, 2020
Tam urges Canadians to limit outings as Ontario set to announce Christmas rules
The country's chief public health officer is advising Canadians that to limit the spread of COVID-19, they should go out only for essentials. Dr. Theresa Tam says the number of people experiencing sev...
Nov 25, 2020
Iran says British-Australian academic freed for 3 Iranians
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Wednesday freed a British-Australian academic who had been detained in the country for over two years, in exchange for three Iranians held abroad, state TV announced. The televi...
Nov 25, 2020
Liberals to present bill on single-game sports betting
OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it will bring in a bill on one-game sports betting, five years after a previous attempt died in the Senate.The legislation on the House of Commons notice paper wou...
Nov 25, 2020
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to march on despite pandemic
NEW YORK - Jawan M. Jackson recently got to do something he's been yearning to do for months - sing and dance again with his Broadway cast. Jackson is one of the stars of "Ain't Too Proud - The Life a...
Nov 25, 2020
Liberals to present bill on single-game sports betting
OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it will bring in a bill on one-game sports betting, five years after a previous attempt died in the Senate.The legislation on the House of Commons notice paper wou...
Nov 25, 2020