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U.S. speedskating star Jordan Stolz continues dominance, wins 1,500 metres in Calgary
CALGARY - American speedskating star Jordan Stolz won the men's 1,500 metres race at Calgary's World Cup event Friday night. A six-time world champion at the age of 20, Stolz set a track record of one...
Jan 24, 2025

Former UFC champion Tyron Woodley taken first overall in Global Fight League draft
Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron (The Chosen One) Woodley went first overall to Dubai in the inaugural Global Fight League draft Friday. The 42-year-old American, whose record is 19-7-1, has los...
Jan 24, 2025

North Dakota’s overturned abortion ban won’t be in effect during appeal, court rules
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota's abortion ban will not be enforced while the state appeals an earlier decision that found it unconstitutional, the state's highest court ruled Friday. That appeal h...
Jan 24, 2025

Central Alberta Collegiate Institue shares progress with industry members
The Central Alberta Collegiate Institute (CACI) announced in an industry update on Jan. 24, that its student enrollment has almost doubled since its first official year of operations in 2023. CACI is ...
Jan 24, 2025

Minnesota high court sides with Democrats in struggle with Republicans over control of state House
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Friday in a power struggle with Republicans that the chief justice said had left the state House of Representatives "completely d...
Jan 24, 2025

Charges stayed in alleged sexual assaults involving youth
There has been a stay of proceedings for a Red Deer man charged in a pair of alleged sexual assaults nearly three years ago. Momodou Lamin Bah, 33, had a stay of proceedings on his matters in Red Deer...
Jan 24, 2025

Supreme Court will weigh approval for US’ 1st publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma. The j...
Jan 24, 2025

Supreme Court will weigh approval for US’ 1st publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma. The j...
Jan 24, 2025

AUPE to hold information picket near Red Deer hospital on Jan. 28
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) will hold an information picket in Red Deer on Jan. 28.The union says they will be out to expose the crisis facing Albertans with disabilities and thos...
Jan 24, 2025

Freestyle ski star Kingsbury picks up 93rd career World Cup victory at moguls event
WATERVILLE VALLEY - Canadian freestyle ski star Mikael Kingsbury won the gold medal at Friday's World Cup men's moguls event. The 32-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., put down a run of 84.95 points ...
Jan 24, 2025