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Beef Pen Show & Cowboy Christmas latest event cancelled
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The 23rd annual Beef Pen and Cowboy Country Christmas Trade Show is the latest event to be cancelled this year.The event usually wraps up the year for the Medicine Hat Exhibition an...
Sep 18, 2020
Rugby Canada adds Phil Mack to developmental academy coaching staff
Rugby Canada has added former Canadian international Phil Mack to its coaching staff. Mack, who turned 35 on Friday, joins the coaching staff of the Rugby Canada men's development academy in Lang...
Sep 18, 2020
Queen's Plate winner Mighty Heart nominated for $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes
FORT ERIE, Ont. - It seems a run at the OLG Canadian Triple Crown is on Mighty Heart's radar. The Queen's Plate winner was among nine horses nominated for the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes. The...
Sep 18, 2020
Helicopter training exercise taking place at CFB Suffield
CFB SUFFIELD, AB - Don't be surprised to see more helicopter activity than usual in the southeastern Alberta sky for the next two weeks.408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron is taking part in training exer...
Sep 18, 2020
Forge FC, HFX Wanderers face off Saturday in CPL's Island Games final
The Canadian Premier League's Island Games wrap up in Charlottetown on Saturday with Forge FC bidding to defend its title against a HFX Wanderers side looking to go from worst to first. Eight teams st...
Sep 18, 2020
Federal pay-equity commissioner reappointed, but new national law still not in force
OTTAWA - Canada's first national pay-equity commissioner is having her term extended amid delays getting new pay-equity legislation into action. Karen Jensen was appointed a year ago to the Canadian H...
Sep 18, 2020
Trudeau calls byelections for late October, one day after Liberals name candidates
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called two byelections less than a day after the Liberals named their candidates in each of the Toronto ridings. A short notice from the Prime Minister's Off...
Sep 18, 2020
Montreal should restrict police use of facial recognition technology: councillor
MONTREAL - An opposition councillor in Montreal says he plans to introduce a motion next week that would restrict the use of facial recognition and other surveillance technologies by city police. Marv...
Sep 18, 2020
AHS investigating first transmission of COVID-19 in school in Edmonton
At a special COVID-19 update Friday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced that Alberta Health Services has identified its first case of COVID-19 likely transmitted within a school"This is not unexpected and no...
Sep 18, 2020
Stanley Cup returns to old Edmonton stomping grounds, but just here for a visit
EDMONTON - Stanley - that squat, barrel-bodied, bowl-topped polished silver mug - is officially back in Edmonton, a place he knew well back in the day. But this time he's here strictly as a guest...
Sep 18, 2020