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Red Deer grandfather and grandson hike to summit of Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro
"No dream is too big. It's never too late. It's your journey; live it."This was said by 23-year-old Red Deerian Thomas Zimmerman after returning from hiking up Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in ...
Aug 08, 2022
SAHA looking for billet families to host U18 hockey players
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Southern Alberta Hockey Academy needs billet families to host incoming U18 men's and women's hockey players.Billet families provide a home away from home for the players while t...
Aug 08, 2022
Serena Williams earns first victory of season in first round of National Bank Open
TORONTO - Having been unable to compete much over the last couple of years, Serena Williams says she forgot what it was like to win. She got a reminder Monday afternoon. The 23-time Grand Slam champio...
Aug 08, 2022
Noon Interview: Drew Barnes Aug. 8
MEDICINE HAT, AB - This year marks a decade since Drew Barnes was first elected to the Alberta legislature. Barnes first represented Cypress-Medicine Hat as a member of the Wildrose Party, then the Un...
Aug 08, 2022
Medvedev feeling confident after latest title as he shifts focus to NBO title defence
MONTREAL - Wet weather kept many players in a frustrating holding pattern Monday afternoon at the National Bank Open. Defending champion Daniil Medvedev had no such issue. It's one of the perks of bei...
Aug 08, 2022
Olivia Newton-John, who played Sandy in ‘Grease,’ dies at 73
NEW YORK (AP) - Olivia Newton-John, the Grammy-winning superstar who reigned on pop, country, adult contemporary and dance charts with such hits as Physical and You're the One That I Want and won coun...
Aug 08, 2022
Bill Graham, ex-interim Liberal leader and post-9/11 foreign affairs minister, dies
OTTAWA - Bill Graham, who served as foreign affairs minister when Canada decided against joining the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, has died. Former Liberal MP John English told The Canadian Press tha...
Aug 08, 2022
Quebec's chief coroner calls inquest into last week's three Montreal shooting deaths
MONTREAL - Quebec's chief coroner is launching a public inquest after a 26-year-old man allegedly shot dead three Montreal-area men last week before being killed by police. Pascale Descary said today ...
Aug 08, 2022
Blue Jays pitcher Gausman named American League player of the week
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman has been named the American League player of the week. Gausman picked up the win in Toronto's 3-1 victory at Tampa Bay on Tuesday. He threw eight innings o...
Aug 08, 2022
City launching adopt-a-tree pilot project
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The city's parks department hopes residents can help the city's boulevard trees grow and thrive through an adopt-a-tree pilot project.The project asks participants to water boulevar...
Aug 08, 2022