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NewsAlert: Sportsnet apologizes for Don Cherry's anti-immigrant comments

TORONTO - Sportsnet has apologized for TV commentator Don Cherry's remarks on Saturday night's Coach's Corner segment. The network says Cherry's remarks are discriminatory and offensive and do&nb...

Nov 10, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)

NewsAlert: Sportsnet apologizes for Don Cherry's anti-immigrant comments

TORONTO - Sportsnet has apologized for TV commentator Don Cherry's remarks on Saturday night's Coach's Corner segment. The network says Cherry's remarks are discriminatory and offensive and do&nb...

Nov 10, 2019 Don Cherry

Celebrating the efforts of Indigenous veterans

LETHBRIDGE- November 8 marks a special day across the nation.It's National Aboriginal Veterans Day (NAVD), celebrating the many contributions of Indigenous soldiers during the First and Second World W...

Nov 08, 2019 November 8 marks National Aboriginal Veterans Day (Photo: The Canadian Press)

Red Deer has its first female fire captain

Clare Guse first made history nearly 20 years ago by becoming Red Deer's first female firefighter. Now she's blazing another new trail after being named the city's first ever female fire captain. "It'...

Oct 31, 2019 (Photo: Ken McMullen)

Lacombe still growing, but getting older: Report

Shifting demographics in Lacombe reveal an aging population in the city in recent years.According to 2016 Federal Census data presented to city council on Monday, the percentage of Lacombe's populatio...

Oct 29, 2019

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)

Rodeo queens 60 years apart unite ahead of CFR 46

A very special meeting of the eras took place during a recent photoshoot in the lead-up to the 2019 Canadian Finals Rodeo in Red Deer.Rewind to the 1950s and High River's Phyllis Dahl had duped judges...

Oct 28, 2019 Phyllis Dahl (left), Miss Rodeo Canada 1959, and Jaden Holle, Miss Rodeo Canada 2019, both from High River, Alta,, met a recent photoshoot.

Mom says first year with quadruplets "chaotic in the best way"

Charlene Hainsworth says the last 12 months have been chaotic, but in the best way possible. On Oct. 18, 2018, Charlene, husband Greg and 2-year-old son Joseph welcomed four new members to their Rocky...

Andrew Snook Oct 24, 2019 Left to right: Thomas, Connor, Harper and Micheal Hainsworth (Photo supplied by family)

Gord Bamford honoured for impact on music education

This week, MusiCounts announced Gord Bamford as the 2019-2020 recipient of the MusiCounts Inspired Minds Ambassador Award, presented by The Canadian Scholarship Trust Foundation. The award recognizes ...

Oct 24, 2019 Gord Bamford (Photo supplied by Strut Entertainment)

Meet the Competitors - Lip Sync Battle Red Deer

The 2019 Red Deer Lip Sync Battle is just around the corner!On October 18th, 2019 over a dozen competitors will take to the stage at Bo's Bar and Stage to compete and raise money for the Women's Outre...

Sheldon Spackman Oct 08, 2019 2019 Lip Sync Battle Red Deer - October 18, 2019