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Provincial funding to tackle homelessness and family violence in Central Alberta
The City of Red Deer and the Town of Sylvan Lake are receiving provincial funding to help address homelessness and prevent family violence. Red Deer is getting $125,000 from the Housing First grant pr...
Aug 17, 2017
How To Cheat the Total Eclipse Time Limit
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Total Eclipse If you haven't heard, a total solar eclipse will be visible from North America on August 21st. Ripley's Gatlinburg and Myrtle Beach locations...
Aug 17, 2017
75 Years Later, a Missing Swiss Couple Is Found
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Missing Swiss Couple Believe it or not, a couple that wandered into the icy Alps 75 years ago has recently been found. On August 15, 1942, shoemaker Marcel...
Aug 17, 2017
Justice officials testing waters for sentencing reform promised by Liberals
OTTAWA - The Justice Department wants to know what Canadians think of changing some of the former Conservative government’s controversial tough-on-crime sentencing legacy - including mandatory m...
Aug 17, 2017
Former CFL receiver Evraire makes decision to donate brain to Boston University
Ken Evraire will donate his brain to science but the former CFL receiver is fearful about what doctors might find. “They could say, ‘We examined his brain and found nothing,” the 52-...
Aug 17, 2017
Shapovalov confident heading into US Open qualifying, but knows he has room to grow
MONTREAL - Rising Canadian tennis star Denis Shapovalov knows not every week will replicate the magic of his Rogers Cup semifinal run. The 18-year-old shot from 143rd to 67th in the ATP singles rankin...
Aug 17, 2017
Western University music students to live in retirement home alongside seniors
When Western University graduate Heather Gingerich saw a news segment about an Ohio retirement home where music students lived alongside seniors, she was amazed at the electric atmosphere as the young...
Aug 17, 2017
Leeming to coach Olds Broncos women's hockey
Olds College Athletics has hired a new head coach for its women’s hockey program. Chris Leeming officially takes over as Broncos bench boss starting Sept. 1. The college says Leeming brings a we...
Aug 17, 2017
HBO regains control of hacked social media accounts
NEW YORK - HBO says it has regained control of its social media accounts after the latest security breach to hit the entertainment company. The hacking group OurMine on Wednesday night took over sever...
Aug 17, 2017
Canadian U Box It wins u-u-uge trademark battle over American U-Haul
OTTAWA - A family-owned Canadian garbage business is claiming victory over huge American moving company U-Haul International in a David-versus-Goliath battle involving whose U-themed brands deserve tr...
Aug 17, 2017