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Climate activist Greta Thunberg tweets that she plans to visit Alberta
EDMONTON - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has announced that's she's going to Alberta. The 16-year-old tweeted that she'll be heading north following "a few days of well needed rest...
Oct 13, 2019
Shepard Smith leaves Fox News Channel
NEW YORK - Shepard Smith, whose newscast on Fox News Channel seemed increasingly an outlier on an outlet dominated by supporters of President Donald Trump, abruptly quit after signing off his final ne...
Oct 13, 2019
California adopts broadest US rules for seizing guns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against ...
Oct 13, 2019
Simone Biles sets medal record at gymnastics worlds
STUTTGART, Germany - Simone Biles broke the all-time record for most medals by any gymnast at the world championships by winning the balance beam and floor exercise Sunday. Biles won her 24th medal on...
Oct 13, 2019
A Better World volunteers rack up 59,000 hours of service
A Better World Canada, which is based in Lacombe, has released its first ever detailed health report.It concludes that in the organization's 29-year history, health care volunteers have recorded 59,45...
Oct 13, 2019 Dr. Charlotte Goodine, a pediatrician from Medicine Hat, is shown here training nurses on delivery methods during a trip to Kenya in 2017. (A Better World Canada)
'I just knew I was hurt:' Women testify about being hit in Edmonton van attack
EDMONTON - It took more than a week for Kim O'Hara to understand what happened to her. O'Hara, one of four pedestrians struck by a speeding cube van in downtown Edmonton two years ago, testi...
Oct 13, 2019
Thousands still without power after snow storm hammers Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Hydro says it's making good progress restoring electricity to customers blacked out by the snow storm that blasted southern areas of the province, but it still has a lot of work to...
Oct 13, 2019
Late opera star Jessye Norman's US hometown honours her life
AUGUSTA, Ga. - International opera star Jessye Norman never forgot her home in a small Southern U.S. city. And Augusta, Georgia, never forgot the woman who grew up among many musical influences to bec...
Oct 13, 2019
RDC volleyball teams chock full of veteran leadership
RDC's Kings and Queens volleyball squads are itching to get onto the court for regular season ACAC competition, which begins this week.Nine student-athletes are returning to the Queens this year, incl...
Oct 13, 2019 (RDC Athletics)
Rebels destroyed 9-1 by powerhouse Tigers
It was not a pretty night for the Red Deer Rebels who were scored on three times in each period while on the road Saturday in Medicine Hat.The lone bright spot came early as Josh Tarzwell scored 1:48 ...
Oct 13, 2019 (CHATNewsToday/Scott Roblin)