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Manziel experiment in CFL over after league directs Alouettes to release QB
He entered the CFL with much fanfare and intrigue, but Johnny Football has made a mysterious exit. The Johnny Manziel experiment ended less than a year after it began Wednesday with the CFL terminatin...
Feb 27, 2019

West Park Elementary donation challenge supports local charities
A Red Deer school continues to support local charities. West Park Elementary School held a friendly competition throughout February as students worked together in their classes to raise donations for ...
Feb 27, 2019

Winfrey to interview Jackson accusers in post-film special
LOS ANGELES - An Oprah Winfrey interview with two men who say Michael Jackson sexually abused them as boys will air immediately after a documentary on the men. HBO and the Oprah Winfrey Network announ...
Feb 27, 2019
Woman wrongfully held in hospital for almost one year without court order: judge
VANCOUVER - A woman’s rights were violated when she was held in hospital for almost a year without being given written reasons for the detention or an opportunity for legal advice, a British Col...
Feb 27, 2019

World champion hockey players reunite in Red Deer at 2019 Games
Players from Canada's U18 Women's hockey team participated in a fun game of road hockey at the 2019 Canada Winter Games Athletes' Village at RDC on Wednesday. All but two players from Canada's gold me...
Feb 27, 2019

Alberta budget deficit almost $2B lower than originally forecast: finance minister
EDMONTON - A third-quarter update from the Alberta government forecasts a budget deficit almost $2 billion lower than originally forecast due in part to higher than expected bitumen royalties. Finance...
Feb 27, 2019

Pipe bomb explodes in Banff, no one hurt
BANFF- RCMP say a pipe bomb that went off in a garbage bin in Banff National Park appears to have been an act of vandalism and wasn’t intended to hurt anyone. Mounties say Parks Canada employees...
Feb 27, 2019

Jardine named SJHL Coach of the Year
Lacombe native Clayton Jardine has been named the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Coach of the Year. Jardine was hired by the Kindersley Klippers in late May 2018 as the club's new Coach/General M...
Feb 27, 2019

Bid to strip Confederate link from Arkansas flag rejected
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas legislators on Wednesday rejected a proposal to change the meaning of one of the stars on the state flag from honouring the Confederacy to honouring the contributions Nati...
Feb 27, 2019

Anti-vaccine campaign 'very concerning,' says Ontario's health minister
TORONTO - An ad campaign from a group of open vaccine skeptics that briefly dotted some streets in the Toronto area represents a “very concerning” development in the ongoing fight against ...
Feb 27, 2019