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Rebels lose 5-2 to Calgary, again
The Red Deer Rebels hit the southbound QE2 to Calgary on Sunday for the second game of a home-and-home series versus the Hitmen.Last night the Hitmen left the Centrium with two points on the strength ...
Jan 26, 2020
Xi calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus
BEIJING - China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in central China to Hong Kong scrambled to contain an illn...
Jan 26, 2020
China counts 2,700 cases of new virus, 80 deaths
BEIJING - The death toll from a new virus has risen to 80 with more than 2,700 confirmed cases, China's government said Monday, after the health minister warned that the virus's ability to "spread is ...
Jan 26, 2020
Woods stunned to learn of Kobe Bryant's death
SAN DIEGO - Tiger Woods has heard just about everything from playing before the biggest crowds in golf, and he tends to ignore it. Most puzzling was what he kept hearing along the back nine Sunday at ...
Jan 26, 2020
Raptors, Spurs share 24-second Bryant tributes; Toronto wins
SAN ANTONIO - The Toronto Raptors and the San Antonio Spurs collaborated on a touching tribute to Kobe Bryant at the beginning of their game Sunday, with each team dribbling out the 24-second shot clo...
Jan 26, 2020
Librarians honour books by Luiselli and Higginbotham
NEW YORK - Valeria Luiselli's novel "Lost Children Archive" and Adam Higginbotham's nonfiction "Midnight in Chornobyl" have been awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal, a $5,000 prize presented by the Amer...
Jan 26, 2020
The Latest: Lizzo, Billie Eilish each win early Grammys
LOS ANGELES - The Latest on the Grammy Awards, being presented Sunday at Los Angeles' Staples Center (all times local): 4 p.m. Lizzo and Billie Eilish have won their first career Grammys in what could...
Jan 26, 2020
Kobe Bryant, Lakers great and basketball icon, dies in crash
LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, ...
Jan 26, 2020
Decision on top Canadian canoeist's doping case set to be revealed
MONTREAL - One of Canada's top 2020 Olympic medal contenders is expected to find out a decision on a doping case affecting her status for Tokyo on Monday. Canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe is slated ...
Jan 26, 2020
Work continues on Joint Tourism Venture for Red Deer
Tourism Red Deer has begun a review of its current membership model, with the hopes of a new plan to be presented in 2020.Vicky Kurz, interim executive director at Tourism Red Deer, says the review lo...
Jan 26, 2020 (Bower Ponds Recreation)