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2021 World Juniors to be held in Edmonton bubble, Red Deer to co-host in 2022
Red Deer and area hockey fans will have to wait another year to see live World Juniors action again. The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Thursday morning it has approved a proposal from ...
Sep 17, 2020
Former coach not surprised with Claypool's athletic first NFL grab
It was a brilliant first catch, but Jay Fujimura had no doubt Chase Claypool would come down with the football. The six-foot-four, 238-pound Claypool made a sensational 28-yard rec...
Sep 17, 2020
New box set has trove of rare, unreleased Elton John songs
LOS ANGELES - Elton John is opening up his vault and releasing an expansive collection of rarely heard and unreleased tracks. John announced Thursday that the eight-CD collection, "Elton: Jewel Box," ...
Sep 17, 2020
'Cheer' star Jerry Harris arrested on child porn charges
CHICAGO - Jerry Harris, the star of the Netflix documentary series "Cheer," was arrested Thursday on felony charges of production of child pornography, three days after twin boys filed a lawsuit alleg...
Sep 17, 2020
Pole vaulter Duplantis breaks Bubka's outdoor world record
ROME - Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis broke Sergey Bubka's 26-year-old outdoor world record on Thursday. Duplantis cleared 6 metres, 15 centimetres at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea meet in Rome...
Sep 17, 2020
Twisted Sister singer to anti-maskers: Don't use our song
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider took to social media to condemn anti-maskers who went into a Florida Target store blaring the group's hit "We're Not Gonna Take It" while rippi...
Sep 17, 2020
'Melrose Place' actress headed back to prison for 2010 crash
A former "Melrose Place" actress who has already served a prison sentence for a fatal 2010 drunken driving crash in New Jersey is headed back behind bars after a judge agreed with prosecutors Thursday...
Sep 17, 2020
N.S. premier seeks probe of possible criminality by police in Assoun case
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier says his government will ask for an independent investigation into the destruction of evidence by police in the case of a man who spent almost 17 years in prison b...
Sep 17, 2020
Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court upholds province's COVID-19 travel ban
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court judge has upheld the province's pandemic travel restrictions. Halifax resident Kimberly Taylor sued the Newfoundland and Labrador governmen...
Sep 17, 2020
Costume swap pops up in city's north
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's a Halloween shop that's anything but spooky and scary.Mandi Christensen has established Conroy's Costume Swap on the front lawn of her home at 8 Terrace Avenue NE. People can t...
Sep 17, 2020