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Bandits take 16th straight win, 8-2 over Drayton Valley
BROOKS, AB - The Brooks Bandits (16-0) continued their season-opening undefeated streak with an 8-2 win over the Drayton Valley Thunder at the Centennial Regional Arena on Friday night.Rookie forward ...
Oct 26, 2019 Photo courtesy of Brooks Bandits
AUMA report critical of provincial budget and impacts on cities
Medicine Hat, AB - The organization representing Alberta's cities says it's members are ready to meet fiscal restraint challenges but is raising concerns about how Budget 2019 is affecting provincial ...
Oct 26, 2019
Ferrari drivers 1-2 in final practice at Mexican Grand Prix
MEXICO CITY - Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel went 1-2 in Saturday's final practice at the Mexican Grand Prix, setting the pace in a damp session marked by a burst of action only ...
Oct 26, 2019
'Utterly fearless:' Greta Thunberg visits glacier in Jasper National Park
JASPER, Alta. - Climate change activist Greta Thunberg braved a blizzard on a snow-covered glacier in Jasper National Park this week to learn from the scientists who study the ice. In a tweet to ...
Oct 26, 2019
Grounded Boeing plane churns up more turbulence at airlines
DALLAS - The grounding of the Boeing 737 Max has lasted far longer than airlines expected and has cost American and Southwest nearly $1 billion, with the price likely to go much higher. The CEOs of bo...
Oct 26, 2019
Jury deliberating at trial for suspect in Edmonton police officer stabbing
EDMONTON - Jurors are deliberating in the trial for a man accused of stabbing a police officer and striking four pedestrians with a van. Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, 32, has pleaded not guilty to 11 ch...
Oct 26, 2019
Peace Country Alberta Beef delegate wants the organization to do more to stick up for ranchers
Grande Prairie - A Peace Country Alberta Beef Producers delegate wants his own organization to fight back.Fairview rancher John McArthur says ranchers have been asking about fast food chains promoting...
Oct 26, 2019
Legal aid won't take on Quebec man seeking to withdraw guilty plea for killing unborn child
MONTREAL - A Quebec man seeking to withdraw his guilty pleas in the killing of his unborn child and the stabbing of his ex-wife won't be represented by legal aid in the case. Sofiane Ghazi suddenly pl...
Oct 26, 2019
N.B. Appeal Court orders new murder trial for woman convicted in stabbing death
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a young woman convicted in the brutal slaying of a Moncton teen who was stabbed about 200 times, concluding that a judge's err...
Oct 26, 2019
Chicago Cubs hire David Ross to replace Maddon as manager
CHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs thought they needed a new voice in the dugout. They are banking on good ol' "Grandpa Rossy" to give them a spark. The Cubs hired David Ross to replace Joe Maddon as their ma...
Oct 26, 2019