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Greig, Power, Guhle headline Canadian junior hockey team selection camp roster
OTTAWA - Forwards Ridly Greig and defencemen Owen Power and Kaiden Guhle headline Canada's 35-player selection camp roster for the 2022 world junior men's hockey championship. Hockey Canada will choos...
Dec 01, 2021
Abortion rights at stake in divided Supreme Court arguments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court's three liberal justices suggested Wednesday that it would severely damage the court's legitimacy if it agrees to reverse the decades-old abortion decisions that de...
Dec 01, 2021
Two LPS officers in "meme gate" controversy demoted
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A pair of police officers in Lethbridge have been sanctioned for professional misconduct.At a special hearing Tuesday, Constables Matthew Rilkoff and David Easter were temporarily dem...
Dec 01, 2021
Alert issued as wildfire burns in M.D. of Ranchland
M.D. RANCHLAND, AB - Fire crews are monitoring a wildfire in southern Alberta.It was first discovered in the M.D. of Ranchland on Tuesday, November 30 at about 11:00 p.m. Alberta Agriculture & For...
Dec 01, 2021
Federal government needs to up spending to give First Nations clean water, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government would need to increase planned spending to provide clean drinking water in First Nations. Yves Giroux's report this morning says t...
Dec 01, 2021
Parton, Oh, Biles and teachers named 'People of the Year'
NEW YORK (AP) - People magazine has named Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, actor Sandra Oh, country icon Dolly Parton and the nation's teachers as its "2021 People of the Year." "This year has been a tra...
Dec 01, 2021
Province orders new probe after second arrest video by Quebec City police goes viral
Quebec's public security minister has ordered a second investigation into the Quebec City police over another video of a violent arrest. Genevive Guilbault announced today she's asking the police ethi...
Dec 01, 2021
Wind warnings posted for most of Southern Alberta
MEDICINE HAT - Today is the first day of meteorological winter, but temperatures don't feel very wintry.That's because of the Chinook winds blasting the Foothills in Southern Alberta.Peak gusts approa...
Dec 01, 2021
Blue Jays beef up starting rotation by signing Gausman to 5-year, $110-million deal
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed right-hander Kevin Gausman to a five-year, US$110-million contract as the team retools its starting rotation heading into the 2022 season. The Blue Jays off...
Dec 01, 2021
South Korea confirms first five cases of omicron variant
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea has confirmed its first five cases of the new omicron coronavirus variant in people linked to arrivals from Nigeria. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agen...
Dec 01, 2021