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Lacombe's Broderson wins curling scholarship
Some of Canada's up-and-coming curling athletes, including one from Lacombe, will get a little financial breathing room after being named recipients of the 2019 Curling Canada For the Love of Curling ...
Aug 29, 2019

AHS helping Red Deerians kick the smoking habit
RED DEER - Local residents wishing to kick their tobacco habits can access the tools and support needed to build a tobacco-free lifestyle when QuitCore - a free Alberta Health Services (AHS) tobacco-c...
Aug 29, 2019

Second phase of modernization complete at St. Patrick’s Community School
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools says phase two of the modernization at St. Patrick's Community School is now complete. In this phase, officials say the modernization consisted of adding more office...
Aug 29, 2019 (Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools)

Myanmar court sends filmmaker to prison for army remarks
YANGON, Myanmar - A court in Myanmar has found a prominent filmmaker guilty of defaming the military with his postings on Facebook and sentenced him to a year in prison. The lawyer defending Min Htin ...
Aug 29, 2019

Having the right facts doesn't always mean having the right answer: survey
OTTAWA - A survey probing how facts form beliefs suggests that even when given accurate information, many people will still answer questions incorrectly. The Digital Democracy Project told p...
Aug 29, 2019

New generation of softball talent budding for Team Canada at Olympic qualifiers
SURREY, B.C. - Emma Entzminger remembers fawning over the Canadian women's softball team as a teen. She'd sit in the stands at the annual Canada Cup tournament in Surrey, B.C., slightly in a...
Aug 29, 2019

Yemen colonel: Airstrikes kill at least 30 troops near Aden
CAIRO - A Yemeni commander says airstrikes have hit government forces near the southern port city of Aden to fight separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates, killing at least 30 troops. Col. Moha...
Aug 29, 2019

In the news today, Aug. 29
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 29 --- B.C. ANTI-GANG UNITS TARGETING KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS A senior officer in the RCMP's gang enforcement unit in Surrey, B.C., says he...
Aug 29, 2019

S. Korean court sends Park, Samsung heir cases to new trials
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's top court on Thursday sent back jailed ex-President Park Geun-hye's corruption case to a lower court for separate trials on the charges on which she was convi...
Aug 29, 2019

Anti-gang units target 10-year-olds amid middle-class gang problems
SURREY, B.C. - Sgt. Mike Sanchez didn't expect to find himself working in elementary schools as a senior officer with the RCMP's gang enforcement unit in Surrey, B.C. But when he looks aroun...
Aug 29, 2019