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QuitCore program helps local residents quit tobacco
Local residents wishing to kick their tobacco habits can access the tools and support needed to build a tobacco-free lifestyle when QuitCore - a free Alberta Health Services (AHS) tobacco-cessation pr...
Dec 28, 2019
Chinook's Edge succeeds despite tough circumstances in 2019
The superintendent of Chinoook's Edge School Division will look upon 2019 fondly because in his estimation, they had success in spite of many difficult circumstances."We're dealing with challenging fi...
Dec 28, 2019
Rebels surge, but come up short in 2-1 loss to Oil Kings
The Red Deer Rebels were back at it after the holidays Friday, welcoming the Edmonton Oil Kings to the Westerner Park Centrium.Coming in, Red Deer had won five of its last seven, while Edmonton were w...
Dec 28, 2019 (Rob Wallator)
New Mexico police investigate killing of 4 on Christmas Day
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - Four people found dead on Christmas Day in a home in an Albuquerque suburb were members of the same family and the case is being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities said T...
Dec 28, 2019
Texas sheriff: 2 dead, seven shot in music video 'ambush'
HOUSTON - Two men were killed and seven others were wounded by gunfire when a group filming a rap music video was "ambushed" near Houston, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. The Harris County she...
Dec 28, 2019
Montreal airport refuellers vote in favour of New Year's Day strike
MONTREAL - The workers in charge of refuelling planes at Montreal's Trudeau and Mirabel airports could walk off the job on New Year's Day, which would likely disrupt the busy holiday travel ...
Dec 28, 2019
Blue Jays officially sign Yamaguchi to two-year, $6.35-million contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Shun Yamaguchi on a two-year contract worth $6.350 million, the team announced Saturday. The 32 year old pitched 170.0 in...
Dec 28, 2019
Sabres forward Skinner out 3-4 weeks with upper body injury
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Buffalo Sabres forward Jeff Skinner will miss three to four weeks because of an upper body injury. The team did not provide any other details in announcing the update Saturday, a day a...
Dec 28, 2019
German opera singer, conductor Schreier dies at 84
FRANKFURT - Opera singer and conductor Peter Schreier, who won fame at the Salzburg festival and Milan's La Scala, has died in Dresden, Germany. He was 84. The dpa news agency reported Thursday that h...
Dec 28, 2019
Police release teen suspect in Barnard student's killing
NEW YORK - A 14-year-old boy suspected of fatally stabbing a Barnard College freshman was released from police custody on Thursday, mere hours after New York City police said he had been located follo...
Dec 28, 2019