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It's father against son as Los Angeles FC visits Toronto FC in Bradley Bowl
Los Angeles FC knows that to apply the brakes to Toronto FC, you’ve got to disrupt Michael Bradley. And no one knows the TFC midfield general better than Bob Bradley, his father and LAFC coach. ...
Aug 29, 2018
Canada's Nettey & Co. looking for big results at Diamond League Final
TORONTO - When Christabel Nettey won gold at the Commonwealth Games in March, on the heels of her first world indoor appearance in three years, she believed her battered body had finally turned the co...
Aug 29, 2018
Health minister moves to make U.S. EpiPen alternative available in Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government says an alternative to EpiPens will be available next month for Canadians with life-threatening allergies. Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says she has signed a...
Aug 29, 2018
Some Hydro-Quebec clients still without power after heavy rain and strong winds
MONTREAL - About 15,000 Hydro Quebec customers were still without electricity this morning after heavy rain and strong winds caused damage to power lines Wednesday. The utility says its crews worked t...
Aug 29, 2018
Munoz to take over IndyCar ride while Canadian driver Wickens recovers
PORTLAND, Ore. - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports will run two cars in the final two races of the 2018 IndyCar season while Canadian driver Robert Wickens recovers from injuries suffered in a crash two we...
Aug 29, 2018
RCMP say three-year-old boy's death in remote Manitoba community a homicide
WINNIPEG - RCMP say the death of a toddler in a remote fly-in Manitoba community is now being investigated as a homicide. Mounties say the Little Grand Rapids detachment received a report of an unresp...
Aug 29, 2018
Recreation fees to go up this Saturday at City facilities
Expect to pay more for recreation, parks and culture services in Red Deer beginning Sept. 1. Increases were approved by city council during 2018 Operating Budget debate. "Any fee change is carefully c...
Aug 29, 2018
You Won’t Want To Play This Medieval Shame Flute
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Shame Flute In Medieval Germany, unappreciated musicians and other disturbers of the peace were punished by the schand flte-the shame flute. Brutally ironi...
Aug 29, 2018
Longyearbyen: The Town that Bans Death
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Longyearbyen In the town of Longyearbyen, Norway, death is not allowed. If you're sick or dying, they send you to the mainland, and, if you do happen to di...
Aug 29, 2018
Red Deer High Risk Youth Coalition marks 10 years
A decade of collaboration by the Red Deer High Risk Youth Coalition was celebrated on Wednesday. The coalition hosted a BBQ at Rotary Park to not only recognize the accomplishments from the first ten ...
Aug 29, 2018