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• Cochrane teen Jasmine Adams overcomes leukemia to become powerlifting champion

  A Cochrane teen with an inspiring story of overcoming illness is the new Albert power lifting champion for her weight and age class.

  

• ‘Beef for Biden’: Alberta favourite featured on dinner menu for presidential visit to Ottawa

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and United States President Joe Biden shared dinner together for the first time Friday evening in Ottawa and a world-renowned Alberta favourite was included on the menu.

  

• Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan

  Ukraine's government on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to 'counter the Kremlin's nuclear blackmail' after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus. One Ukrainian official said that Russia 'took Belarus as a nuclear hostage.'

  

• Roughnecks sweep season series against Saskatchewan with 14-6 victory

  The Calgary Roughnecks made it a season sweep of Saskatchewan, defeating the Rush 14-6 Saturday night at Sasktel Centre in Saskatoon.

  

• Millennials dominate insolvencies as credit card, student loan, CERB tax debts add up

  Insolvency trustee Doug Hoyes says millennial Canadians have been dealt a generational losing hand as they face student loans layered with bad debts from credit cards, high-interest loans, and post-pandemic tax debt from collecting CERB.

• Hurricanes fizzle in season finale at Red Deer, losing 5-1

  Lethbridge ended their regular season with a 5-1 loss to the Rebels in Red Deer Saturday.

• Body found at Citadel house destroyed by fire on Friday

  A man's body has been found at the scene of a Friday fire in northwest Calgary.

• Hitmen top Oil Kings 3-2, clinching playoff spot

  The Hitmen clinched a playoff spot Saturday, defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings 3-2.

• Toffoli’s 2-goal effort leads Flames in 5-3 win over Sharks

  Led offensively by two guys with Stanley Cup rings, the Calgary Flames kept their faint playoff hopes alive on Saturday.

• Daunting recovery underway in tornado-devastated Mississippi

  Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the U.S. after a deadly tornado tore a path of destruction for more than an hour across a long swath of Mississippi, even as furious new storms Sunday struck across the Deep South.

• Berlin climate proposal fails to get enough yes votes to win

  A Sunday referendum in Berlin that would have forced the city to ramp up its climate goals failed because there weren't enough votes in favor of the proposal, the German news agency dpa reported.

• 'There's nothing left': Deep South tornadoes kill 26

  Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, and flattening entire blocks as it carved a path of destruction for more than an hour. One person was killed in Alabama.

• Risk of a hard landing for Canadian economy is up, former Bank of Canada governor says

  Former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says Canada’s economy is at a greater risk of a 'hard landing' — a rapid economic slowdown following a period of growth and approaching a recession.

• Halfway to cat cow: Calgarians enjoy kitty yoga for a cause

  Cats searching for their forever homes darted in and out of eager yogis in Kensington Saturday morning.