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Canadian figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond taking a year off from competition
Kaetlyn Osmond has spent time this summer riding roller-coasters and watching tennis. What her fall and winter definitely won’t include is competitive figure skating. Two months after Osmond ann...
Aug 21, 2018
Veteran Canadian punter Jon Ryan signs contract with Buffalo Bills
It didn’t take Jon Ryan long to find a new home. The Buffalo Bills announced Tuesday that they have signed the Regina-born punter to a one-year contract. The move comes a day after the Seattle S...
Aug 21, 2018
Canadian Alena Sharp honours Humboldt Broncos at LPGA event in Regina
REGINA - Canadian golfer Alena Sharp will be supporting the Humboldt Broncos this week. The LPGA Tour veteran has a special golf bag and towel this week for the CN Canadian Women’s Open, featuri...
Aug 21, 2018
London Fire Brigade: 'Hunky firefighter' cliches are sexist
LONDON - The London Fire Brigade wants the media to stop depicting firefighters as hunky sex objects. The service says the images are sexist and deter women from joining the profession. The brigade ha...
Aug 21, 2018
IndyCar driver Wickens has rods, screws placed into spine
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Canadian IndyCar driver Robert Wickens had titanium rods and screws placed in his spine to stabilize a fracture associated with a spinal cord injury suffered in a crash at Pocono Race...
Aug 21, 2018
Lacombe, Red Deer and Ponoka counties launch agricultural plastics recycling program
Lacombe County, Red Deer County, and Ponoka County are teaming up for a program to help ensure the proper recycling of plastic grain bags. The counties have signed an agreement with Merlin Plastics - ...
Aug 21, 2018
Saskatchewan farmer's death triggers emotional harvest of love and respect
MILESTONE, Sask. - Volunteers have rallied to harvest the large wheat crop of a deceased Saskatchewan farmer who is being remembered as a pillar of his community. Bryan Williams, who farmed in the Mil...
Aug 21, 2018
Patients redirected as water leak shuts down Edmonton hospital's emergency room
EDMONTON – Ambulances are being redirected to other hospitals after a water leak damaged the emergency department at Edmonton’s Misericordia Community Hospital. Alberta Health Services say...
Aug 21, 2018
Mexican man charged in Iowa slaying worked under fake name
BROOKLYN, Iowa - A Mexican man charged with killing an Iowa college student worked on a dairy farm for years under a false name just a few miles from where the young woman was allegedly abducted while...
Aug 21, 2018
Alligator kills woman trying to protect her dog at resort
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - A woman who often walked her dog near a golf course lagoon across the street from her vacation home was killed Monday by an alligator that dragged her into the greenish wate...
Aug 21, 2018