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Senators lock up young sniper Josh Norris with eight-year, $63.6-million contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have locked up a big piece of their young core by signing Josh Norris to an eight-year, US$63.6-million contract. The 23-year-old led the Senators with 35 goals in 2021-22...
Jul 14, 2022

Bombers set to host Stampeders in showdown of CFL's last two unbeaten teams
WINNIPEG - Mike O'Shea downplayed Friday's battle of the unbeaten, but the Winnipeg head coach hopes CFL fans will be hyped. The 5-0 Blue Bombers host the 4-0 Calgary Stampeders at IG Field, with both...
Jul 14, 2022

Lethbridge gymnastics coach charged with sexually assaulting seven-year-old
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has apprehended a man who allegedly committed sexual assault against a minor.On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, LPS received a report that a seven-year-old ...
Jul 14, 2022

Court documents detail RCMP hacking investigation into Alberta politician
EDMONTON - Court documents show Mounties were initially pursuing criminal charges against an Alberta legislature member who admitted to hacking a government health website.Former NDP MLA Thomas Dang w...
Jul 14, 2022

Full grandstands expected for Stampede rodeo
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The best cowboys and cowgirls from both sides of the border will be down in the dirt at the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede in two weeks' time."We have lots of NFR finalists ...
Jul 14, 2022

Ivana Trump, first wife of former president, dies at 73
NEW YORK (AP) - Ivana Trump, who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, has died in New York City, h...
Jul 14, 2022

Federal government sends $2B in health transfers, other funding to provinces
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the provinces, territories and municipalities have now received more than $2.85 billion promised months ago for health care, transit systems and classr...
Jul 14, 2022

Man acquitted in Air India bombing shot dead in B.C.: family of victim
SURREY, B.C. - Ripudaman Singh Malik, the man acquitted in the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing, appears to have been killed in a shooting in Surrey, B.C., according to several media outlets. Vancouve...
Jul 14, 2022

Canadians Kellett, DeFrancesco excited to make Honda Indy Toronto debuts
TORONTO - Racecars will once again be whizzing past Toronto's scenic Princes' Gates all weekend, with the statue Winged Victory looming over Turn 1 of the Exhibition Place track. Local drivers Dalton ...
Jul 14, 2022

Big crowds, road closures and heavy security expected for Pope's visit to Alberta
EDMONTON - Organizers of the Pope's upcoming visit to Alberta are asking people to arrive early to events so Indigenous residential school survivors and elders can participate with dignity.Thousands o...
Jul 14, 2022