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New perspective needed on Canada 150: local artist
One of two artists behind an exhibit on until July 4 at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre says her work reflects a different perspective on the hoopla that is Canada 150. Oh Canada: Reflections of my Recon...
Jun 10, 2017
Catalina Swim Club hosting 'Freeze or Fry' this weekend
The Red Deer Catalina Swim Club is hosting its annual Freeze or Fry event this weekend. The competition runs Saturday from 8:15 a.m. until 7 p.m. and Sunday from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. The meet is uni...
Jun 10, 2017
'The Grand Tour' host Richard Hammond injured in car crash
GENEVA - Richard Hammond, a presenter of Amazon’s car-themed TV show “The Grand Tour,” escaped serious injury Saturday in a fiery crash while filming in Switzerland. Program-makers s...
Jun 10, 2017
Batman forever: Original TV Batman Adam West dead at 88
LOS ANGELES - “Batman” only aired for three seasons in the 1960s, but Adam West would remain associated with the role forever. “You get terrible typecast playing a character like tha...
Jun 10, 2017
Adam West, TV's Batman, has died at age 88
Adam West, the first actor to shape the on-screen role of Batman, died Friday night. He was 88. He passed away surrounded by family in Los Angeles after battling leukemia, a family spokesman told the ...
Jun 10, 2017
16-year-old girl, 29-year-old man killed in separate collisions Friday in central Alberta
BEISEKER, Alta. – Bad weather may have been a factor in a highway collision that killed a 16-year-old girl and sent three other people to hospital. RCMP say three people were in a southbound veh...
Jun 10, 2017
All crew aboard distressed ships in transatlantic race safe
HALIFAX - All crew aboard four storm-battered vessels that had been racing across the Atlantic Ocean are safe, the Halifax-based joint rescue co-ordination centre said Saturday. A spokeswoman for the ...
Jun 10, 2017
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton nips Vettel for pole position at Canadian Grand Prix
MONTREAL - Winning pole position at one of his favourite races was a thrill for Lewis Hamilton, but being presented afterward with a helmet once worn by his boyhood idol Ayrton Senna had the defending...
Jun 10, 2017
Unseeded, just 20, Ostapenko wins French Open for 1st title
PARIS - Right from the start of the French Open final, Jelena Ostapenko made quite clear to anyone unfamiliar with her name, or her game, what she is all about. Yes, she was just two days past her 20t...
Jun 10, 2017
AP source: Panthers offer coaching job to Bob Boughner
SUNRISE, Fla. - Bob Boughner never made the Florida Panthers as a player. He’s on the brink of joining them as their next coach. A person with knowledge of the situation said Saturday that the P...
Jun 10, 2017