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Esplanade parkade closed until further notice
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The underground parkade at the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre will be unavailable until further notice following a single vehicle incident.The City is currently assessing the ...
Aug 25, 2022
Serena Williams’ 1st opponent at US Open is Danka Kovinic
NEW YORK (AP) - Serena Williams' first opponent at what is expected to be the last tournament of her career, the U.S. Open, will be Danka Kovinic. Win that, and Williams could face No. 2 seed Anett Ko...
Aug 25, 2022
Canada will floor five NBA players in World Cup qualifier against Argentina
VICTORIA - Five NBA players highlight Canada's 12-man roster for the team's World Cup qualifying game Thursday night against Argentina. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Detroit Pis...
Aug 25, 2022
Canada Olympic bobsled gold medallist Justin Kripps retiring
Canadian Olympic bobsled champion Justin Kripps is retiring. Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton announced in a Twitter post that the 35-year-old from Summerland, B.C., was calling it a career, along with two o...
Aug 25, 2022
Oklahoma executes James Coddington for 1997 hammer killing
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a 1997 killing, despite a recommendation from the state's Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared. James Coddington, 50, received a...
Aug 25, 2022
UCP leadership candidates backed by southern Alberta MLAs
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Several local MLAs are publicly voicing their support for different candidates in the United Conservative Party (UCP) leadership race.Following Jason Kenney's announcement in May 2022...
Aug 25, 2022
Aitchison condemns Lewis' Nuremberg email as 'dog whistle' to COVID vaccine critics
OTTAWA - Conservative party leadership candidate Scott Aitchison is condemning Leslyn Lewis' message to members last week about the Nuremberg Code and medical experimentation as nothing but a "dog whi...
Aug 25, 2022
Ukrainian nuke plant near fighting cut off from power grid
NIKOPOL, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's nuclear power operator says the Zaporizhzhia plant has been cut off from the electricity grid for the first time after fires damaged the last remaining transmission l...
Aug 25, 2022
Cancer surgeries in Alberta above pre-pandemic levels
EDMONTON - The Government of Alberta is boasting higher numbers of operations being conducted for patients with cancer.Health Minister Jason Copping says, in the 2021-22 fiscal year, ending March 31, ...
Aug 25, 2022
Four more years, Troy Ryan to coach Canadian women's hockey team to 2026 Olympics
HERNING, Denmark - Troy Ryan will coach the Canadian women's hockey team through to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, Italy. Ryan's contract has been extended four years, Hockey Canada an...
Aug 25, 2022