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Student Speaker Challenge
12:15 p.m. all the events are held in Ballroom A of the Students’ Union Building (next to The Zoo)
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 12:15 pm – Leslie Mahoney vs. Kylie Kettles
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 12:15 p.m. – Sea Marsland vs. Madison Webber
Wednesday, Feb. 15 12:15 pm – Martin Heavy Head …

As all avid sports fans know, not all games are created equal, and Friday night’s game at the 1st Choice Savings Centre between the University of Lethbridge Pronghorn’s men’s basketball team and the University of Calgary Dinos definitely fell on the more important end of that ranking spectrum. With both teams trying to chisel out a playoff spot and feeding off a divisional and proximal rivalry, the stakes, both real and imagined, were high. The 1,300+ fans got their money’s worth, treated to a playoff atmosphere and a game in …

Randall Hopley, 46, has pleaded guilty to two counts of breaching his probation in a Vancouver court on Monday, Jan. 23. He has received a 30 day jail sentence for the breach of probation, which is unrelated to his pending court appearance in February in Sparwood, B.C. to stand trial for the abduction of three-year-old Kienan Hebert last September.
Hopley was originally considered a person-of-interest in the boy’s disappearance from the Hebert family home. An Amber Alert was issued in relation to the disappearance, and following a heart-felt plea from the …

Over the past several days protestors have been rallying on public land near Beavermines and the Castle River area in protest of the government-sanctioned logging project proposed for the spring. Over a dozen protestors have since been ordered off of public land, but say they will not move until they are forcibly evicted.
Bearing signs with such slogans as “Stumpcity, coming soon” and “the great outdoors NOT two-by-fours!” the protestors have gathered for two weeks at the side of HWY 774 South, just west of Beavermines in the Castle Special Management …

In an effort to help keep your workouts fresh, or simply provide some ideas as you start to exercise or continue to exercise throughout the semester, each week I will post a different how-to explanation for a certain exercise. Some of these exercises are tried and true and merely serve as a reminder of their benefits, while others will be new and quite possibly even made up by yours truly. Either way I hope you enjoy – happy fitnessing!
Medicine Ball Oblique Rotation – A strong core is the key …