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Lerouge music teacher wins David Peterkin Award
Michael Mann, a teacher at cole Camille J. Lerouge School has received the David Peterkin Award for his excellent service to music education and the band community. His peers, who are part of the Phi ...
Oct 29, 2019 (Photo: Submitted)
Calgary mayor, former Alberta premier willing to help PM bridge western divide
OTTAWA - Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is willing to help bridge the current divide between western Canada and the federal government, but called speculation about him being appointed as a representativ...
Oct 29, 2019
Sklaruk, Johnson named RDC Athletes of the Week
Red Deer College Athletics is proud to announce the Bedford Food Company Athletes of the Week.Shayla Sklaruk - Queens Cross Country Running Hometown - Stony Plain, AB Bachelor of Education Elementary ...
Oct 29, 2019
Ninety-eight rookie MPs undergo House of Commons training in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Ninety-eight new MPs are in Ottawa to learn how to manage their budgets, get their parking passes and, later on, protect their sanity. The House of Commons began welcoming the rookie MPs, inc...
Oct 29, 2019
Injured Jozy Altidore absent from training in Atlanta, said to be back home
ATLANTA - It looks like Toronto FC will be without injured striker Jozy Altidore again for Wednesday's MLS Eastern Conference final in Atlanta. The U.S. international was not at training at a local cl...
Oct 29, 2019
December election? UK ponders early, Brexit-dominated vote
LONDON - Britain appeared on course Tuesday for an early general election that could break the country's political deadlock over Brexit, after the main opposition Labour Party said it would agree to t...
Oct 29, 2019
Lebanese prime minister quits amid anti-government protests
BEIRUT - Lebanon's prime minister resigned Tuesday, bowing to one of the central demands of anti-government demonstrators shortly after baton-wielding Hezbollah supporters rampaged through the main pr...
Oct 29, 2019
Lightning, Rams advance to high school football final
The winds of upset blew through Setters Place at Great Chief Park on Monday as the Lacombe Rams knocked off the top-ranked Lindsay Thurber Raiders 27-21 in high school football playoff action. Remarka...
Oct 29, 2019
New China ambassador Dominic Barton meets detainees Kovrig and Spavor
OTTAWA - Canada's new ambassador to China has met with two Canadian men the People's Republic imprisoned nearly one year ago. Dominic Barton led his first consular visits with Michael Kovrig and ...
Oct 29, 2019
Federal judge blocks Alabama's tough abortion law
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A federal judge blocked an Alabama abortion ban Tuesday that would have made the procedure a felony at any stage of pregnancy in almost all cases. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson...
Oct 29, 2019