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Hail, Mary! High school's halftime show is a drag pageant
A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a "drag ball" runway at halftime, with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs and makeup - and a big crowd in rainbow ...
Oct 16, 2021
Alberta RCMP #OCCtober campaign highlights work of emergency dispatchers
An RCMP campaign this month aims to highlight the work of staff at the province's two primary Operational Communications Centres (OCC).Those are located in Red Deer and Edmonton.The #OCCtober social m...
Oct 16, 2021
Hail, Mary! High school's halftime show is a drag pageant
A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a "drag ball" runway at halftime, with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs and makeup - and a big crowd in rainbow ...
Oct 16, 2021
Haaland returns, scores twice for Dortmund to go top in Germany
BERLIN (AP) - Erling Haaland scored twice on his return for Borussia Dortmund to beat Mainz 3-1 and move to the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday. Haaland blasted a penalty straight down the middle in...
Oct 16, 2021
Blackfeet Tribal Chief Earl Old Person dies of cancer at 92
Earl Old Person, the chief of the Blackfeet Tribe in Montana and former chairman of the tribal business council, has died of cancer. He was 92.Old Person died Wednesday at Blackfeet Community Hospital...
Oct 16, 2021
Red Deer building permits continue to lag behind 2020 figures
Building permit values in Red Deer were down drastically in September compared to a year ago.Last month, 77 permits were issued worth approximately $3.9 million, down from 76 permits worth $10.3 milli...
Oct 16, 2021
Salah's latest stunner caps Liverpool's 5-0 win at Watford
WATFORD, England (AP) - With a deft touch, a roll of the ball with his studs, a dummy and then a sublime finish into the bottom corner, Mohamed Salah produced another goal-of-the-season contender to h...
Oct 16, 2021
Alberta's referendum should not focus on daylight time, psychologists say
EDMONTON - Ditching the practice of switching the time twice a year may seem like a no-brainer to some, but Alberta psychologists warn that the result of a provincial referendum could have unexpected ...
Oct 16, 2021
Removing the %&*@ from Maine's vanity plates will take time
Removing the flipping obscenities from license plates on Maine's roads and highways isn't going to happen overnight, even though a law banning such profanities in a state where such regulation has bee...
Oct 16, 2021
Nature groups threaten to take Ottawa to court over Quebec chorus frog protection
MONTREAL - Two environmental groups say they're ready to take the federal government to court if it fails to protect a population of tiny brown frogs they say are threatened by a road expansion projec...
Oct 16, 2021