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11-spot: Dodgers huge 1st in 15-3 win over Braves in NLCS
ARLINGTON, Texas - Max Muncy's grand slam capped a record-setting 11-run first inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who coasted to a 15-3 rout of the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night that cut their Na...
Oct 14, 2020
Legend dedicates Billboard Awards performance to Chrissy
NEW YORK - With his voice aching as he sang passionately from the piano, John Legend dedicated his performance at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards to his wife Chrissy Teigen, who recently announced she...
Oct 14, 2020
Thai police disperse protesters outside PM's office
BANGKOK - Thai police early Thursday dispersed a group of pro-democracy protesters who camped out overnight outside the office of the prime minister to demand his resignation, leading him to implement...
Oct 14, 2020
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League suspends play in Quebec because of COVID-19
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has suspended play in both of its Quebec-based divisions until at least Oct. 28 because of COVID-19.The league will continue play with five of six teams in the Ma...
Oct 14, 2020
Area reeve seeks balance on oil and gas tax assessment changes
MEDICINE HAT, AB - After weeks of dire predictions of service cuts and huge tax increases in rural municipalities due to provincial charges in how oil and gas company infrastructure is taxed, there ap...
Oct 14, 2020
Glass House Haunting turns greenhouse to haunted house
REDCLIFF, AB - The Redcliff Youth Centre is ready to give fright fans thrills and chills the likes of which they've never seen.The Glass House Haunting is an 8,000-square-foot haunted house located in...
Oct 14, 2020
Canadiens sign forward Brendan Gallagher to six-year contract extension
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Brendan Gallagher to a six-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$6.5 million.The 28-year-old Gallagher had 43 points in 59 ga...
Oct 14, 2020
B.C. Supreme Court tosses parents' challenge of province's school reopening plans
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by two parents who wanted the province to implement tougher COVID-19 safety measures before schools reopened...
Oct 14, 2020
MHPSD urges province to suspend diploma exams until pandemic is over
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Diploma exams are a standardized provincial test that's taken at the end of Grade 12 core subjects.They count as 30 percent of a student's final grade in a course.The province has m...
Oct 14, 2020
WHL aims to open season on Jan. 8
CALGARY - The Western Hockey League aims to drop the puck on the regular season on Jan. 8, 2021.A release from the league says that "all Regular Season games during the 2020-21 season will be played e...
Oct 14, 2020