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Red Deer singer pens song for Canada Winter Games Closing Ceremony
Local singer/songwriter Kayla Williams has scored an incredible opportunity to perform at the Closing Ceremony of the 2019 Canada Winter Games. She was asked late last year to write and perform a song...
Feb 20, 2019
Gucci unmasks a harder, more masculine collection
MILAN - Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele says the blackface controversy has had a deep impact on the company and provided a learning experience for everyone. Michele, speaking to reporters b...
Feb 20, 2019
Therapy dogs to roam Toronto's Pearson airport to relieve travellers' stress
TORONTO - Therapy dogs are coming to Canada’s largest airport to help soothe stressed travellers. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority says 15 dog teams from the St. John Ambulance will be roa...
Feb 20, 2019
Pride Days during Canada Winter Games in Red Deer
The Central Alberta Pride Society is excited to announce February 21 and 28 as Pride Days during the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer. Officials say Pride Days will be celebrated with a similar ev...
Feb 20, 2019
B.C. man believes birth father he's searching for is in Red Deer
A B.C. man believes the birth father he's never met may be living in Red Deer. Trevor Johnston was given up for adoption when he was born at Grace Hospital in Calgary in 1962. The search for his biolo...
Feb 20, 2019
Best in business innovation showcased at Winter's Edge Investment Forum
Roughly 150 investors and entrepreneurs gathered at the Harvest Centre in Red Deer's Westerner Park on Wednesday for the Winter's Edge Investment Forum. With the best in business innovation on display...
Feb 20, 2019
Wisconsin governor vetoes tax plan; early showdown with GOP
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a GOP income tax cut bill Wednesday in an early showdown with legislative Republicans who had moved to weaken the Democrat’s powers just weeks be...
Feb 20, 2019
Dua Lipa, Anne-Marie lead Brit Awards nominations
LONDON - Home-grown talents Dua Lipa, Anne-Marie and George Ezra led the nominations for the U.K. music industry’s Brit Awards during a ceremony that opened Wednesday with a high-voltage perform...
Feb 20, 2019
RCMP looking to identify Maskwacis home invasion suspects
Maskwacis RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying three suspects accused in a home invasion where shots were fired last month. Mounties say it happened on Jan. 26, at approximately 8:20 a...
Feb 20, 2019
What will win best picture? It's a maddeningly close race
NEW YORK - On a year where one of the lead Oscar contenders is titled “The Favourite,” the 91st Academy Awards lack a clear front-runner. Normally a fairly predictable process with one or ...
Feb 20, 2019