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Raptors won't start NBA season in Toronto, plan to call Tampa home
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors say they will start their season playing home games in Tampa, Fla., next month after being unable to come to an agreement with various levels of government to play at Sco...
Nov 20, 2020
BTS says new album 'BE' is a 'letter of hope'
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - K-pop band BTS on Friday released their highly anticipated new album, which they described as a "letter of hope." The band held a socially distanced news conference in Seou...
Nov 20, 2020
Rocky RCMP Report November 6-18
This is a report released to the media from the Rocky Mountain House RCMP giving a brief description of various crimes and call-ins, both solved and unsolved throughout the community between the dates...
Nov 20, 2020
International ban on heavy fuel in Arctic shipping full of gaps: environmentalists
Environmental groups say a new international ban on using a highly polluting fuel in Arctic waters is full of gaps. They say Canada should refuse to take advantage of loopholes the International Marit...
Nov 20, 2020
WEEKLY SCOREBOARD: Nov. 16-22
*Records shown are up to date as of the start of the weekWESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE (WHL)Red Deer Rebels - Regular Season to begin Jan. 8, 2021AJHL (Jr. A) - Regular season begins Nov. 13Olds Grizzlys (0-1...
Nov 20, 2020
Festival of Trees succeeding online despite pandemic
Despite the challenge of having to host a major community fundraiser online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers with this year's Festival of Trees in Red Deer say their 2020 virtual event is goin...
Nov 20, 2020
Importance of supporting young people’s well-being stressed on National Child Day
Alberta's Child and Youth Advocate is encouraging all Albertans to talk about the rights and well-being of young people in these difficult times."National Child Day is a time to bring the conversation...
Nov 20, 2020
South bank trail closure starting Wednesday
Starting Wednesday, November 25, a portion of the south bank trail from Taylor Drive to CPR Pedestrian Bridge, adjacent to the Water Treatment Plant, will close temporarily for construction.The closur...
Nov 20, 2020
Ontario community grieving after shooting that killed officer, civilian
Residents of Ontario's Manitoulin Island are remembering a police officer shot and killed in the line of duty on Thursday as a gentle giant who loved his four kids dearly. Ben Quackenbush, a youth min...
Nov 20, 2020
Canadian running back Chase Brown is coming off career-best performance at Illinois
Canadian Chase Brown has a tough act to follow Saturday when the Illinois Fighting Illini visit the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday. His own. The five-foot-11, 195-pound junior running back from Lond...
Nov 20, 2020