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NEW YORK - Canadian Peter Polansky has made tennis history by becoming the first player to advance to all four Grand Slams in a calendar year as a lucky loser. Polansky, from Thornhill, Ont., was sele...

TORONTO - Danny Filippidis says he just wanted to capture a few memories. His annual ski trip to Lake Placid, N.Y., with colleagues from Toronto Fire Services was drawing to a close when he realized h...

Special Olympians stand to benefit from an annual fundraiser underway at Red Deer's Parkland Mall this weekend. From August 24 - 26, the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) for Special Olympics Alberta a...

Repaving of one of Red Deer's s busiest stretches of road is set to get underway next week. City officials say 49 Avenue will be repaved from 43 Street to 55 Street between August 28 and 31, so overni...

FORT FRASER, B.C. - As bright orange flames filled the sky and roared like a freight train, Beverly Ketlo thought it was time to say goodbye to the Nadleh Whut’en band’s beloved cultural c...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Verizon rolled out changes Friday as state lawmakers said they were outraged to learn the telecommunications company had slowed firefighters’ internet service while they bat...

Red Deer RCMP are asking for public assistance as they continue to investigate a possible assault and abduction on August 11. Police say they responded to the possible abduction of an unknown man afte...

OTTAWA - Canadian soldiers and their NATO allies in Latvia will help to defend against a simulated invasion of the eastern European nation starting Saturday, even as real tensions flare anew between M...

LAS VEGAS - Robin Leach, whose voice crystallized the opulent 1980s on TV’s “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” died Friday. He was 76 Leach’s family said through a public rel...

CALGARY - A man accused of killing a Calgary woman and her five-year-old daughter was taken to hospital in serious, potentially life-threatening condition Friday prior to a court appearance. Edward Do...