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All-female driving service giving Grande Prairie women alternative ride home option

GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB. -- A new designated driving service in Grande Prairie is offering women an alternative way to get home safely after a night out.Sober Gals Designated Driving Services is entering i...

Feb 29, 2020 A service for women that is long over-due

It’s still RRSP season – but, time is running out!

LETHBRIDGE -- If you've procrastinated about maximizing your RRSP contributions, it's time to get on it. You can optimize your RRSP with FlexInvest from 1st Choice Savings and Credit Union. GICs can g...

Feb 17, 2020 First Choice Savings - FlexInvest

Local couple miss chocolates but 'life is good' on quarantined cruise ship

A husband and wife from central Alberta say they are "feeling quite happy and relaxed" quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the port city of Yokohama, just outside Tokyo.Lolit...

Feb 11, 2020

Skating legend Kurt Browning takes to the ice with local figure skating hopefuls

LETHBRIDGE -- He wasn't here to impress - but, how could he not!Kurt Browning is a figure skating legend, known for his affable personality and his skills on the ice. He is in Lethbridge to conduct sk...

Feb 07, 2020 Kurt Browning (kneeling 2nd from left) with a class of local skaters -- Photo credit to LNN

Messages of love from Lakeview students bring joy to struggling couple

LETHBRIDGE, AB - As students in Alex Funk's Grade 2 elementary school class worked on creating their plasticine hearts Thursday afternoon, they had no idea that just across the school field from them,...

Feb 06, 2020 A poster near Lakeview Elementary School in Lethbridge asks people to take the cards created by Grade 2 students

Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco player happy with spinal surgery results

AIRDRIE, Alta. - A hockey player paralyzed in a bus crash has been working hard since undergoing spinal surgery in Thailand late last year and it's getting him closer to his dream of making the nation...

Feb 02, 2020 Ryan Straschnitzki - The Canadian Press

Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco player happy with spinal surgery results

AIRDRIE, Alta. - A hockey player paralyzed in a bus crash has been working hard since undergoing spinal surgery in Thailand late last year and it's getting him closer to ...

Feb 02, 2020

Billboard pleas: Alberta man hopes sign will find him a kidney donor

CARBON, Alta. - The large billboard overlooking the town of Drumheller in east-central Alberta is hard to miss. Next to a photo of a smiling man in a blue shirt, his arms crossed, the sign reads:...

Jan 27, 2020

AP source: Ex-NBA star Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash

LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, ...

Jan 26, 2020

L.A. Lakers great Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash

LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, ...

Jan 26, 2020 Kobe Bryant -- The Canadian Press