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Okotoks Dawgs capture first WCBL championship in a decade
OKOTOKS, AB - It was a championship a decade in the making, as the Okotoks Dawgs were crowned kings of the Western Canadian Baseball League on Friday night.The Dawgs erased years of playoff disappoint...
Aug 17, 2019 Photo courtesy of AB Dugout Stories / Twitter
Liverpool wins again despite Adrian mistake; Pukki hat trick
An embarrassing mistake by goalkeeper Adrian failed to stop Liverpool racking up a second straight win to open the Premier League, and Norwich hat-trick star Teemu Pukki enhanced his reputation as a p...
Aug 17, 2019
Northerners applaud funding for long-awaited road through Arctic tundra
Two federal announcements this week are expected to kick-start a long-awaited road into the heart of the Canadian Arctic that would lower grocery costs for northern families and unlock billions o...
Aug 17, 2019
Canadian Crop Hail Association receives more than 10,000 damage claims this year
Grande Prairie, AB - The Canadian Crop Hail Association says more than 10-thousand damage claims have been received by its member companies so far this year.It says at the mid-point of the year, Saska...
Aug 17, 2019
Red Deer man convicted in fatal crash to be sentenced next month
Red Deer, AB - An apology in Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench Thursday from a young man convicted in a fatal crash that killed two teens on Canada Day 2016.Dylan James Beauclair, 21, of Red Deer, told ...
Aug 17, 2019 Red Deer Courthouse
Sea-to-Sky Gondola in British Columbia likely out of commission until 2020
SQUAMISH, B.C. - The operators of the Sea-to-Sky Gondola say the popular tourist attraction near Squamish, B.C., likely won't reopen until early next spring. In a message on the company...
Aug 17, 2019
Trudeau announces $11.4 million in flood protection funding for Fredericton
FREDERICTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday $11.4 million in new funding to help protect Fredericton and surrounding communities from future flooding. The federal money is mean...
Aug 17, 2019
Illegal pot still a source for 4 in 10 cannabis users, Stats Can survey shows
OTTAWA - Six months after Canada legalized marijuana for recreational use more than 40 per cent of Canadians who said they used pot still bought it from illegal sources, a new Statistics Canada report...
Aug 17, 2019
'It's just the freedom:' Paralyzed Broncos player pursuing life on the water
SASKATOON - A minor injury cost former Humboldt Broncos hockey player Jacob Wassermann an opportunity to compete at last month's adaptive water-ski world championship in Norway. But he says that ...
Aug 17, 2019
Tories, NDP seek urgent meeting into report that PM broke ethics law
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau doubled down Thursday on his refusal to apologize for his handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair even as opposition parties tried to ensure a scathing report that fo...
Aug 17, 2019