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Bandits encounter early-season adversity, despite winning record
BROOKS, AB - The Brooks Bandits continue their winning ways, sitting at 15 wins and three losses, about a quarter of the way through the season. They are ranked second place in the Alberta Junior Hock...
Nov 03, 2023
Killer on the loose: Maine mass shooter was alive for most of massive search, autopsy suggests
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The Army reservist who fatally shot 18 people at two locations in Lewiston before disappearing into the night was alive and possibly on the run during a good portion of the huge...
Nov 03, 2023
Air Canada admits it violated disability regulations in case of B.C. man
VANCOUVER - Air Canada has acknowledged it violated Canadian disability regulations and apologized to a British Columbia man who uses a wheelchair, after he was forced to drag himself off a flight in ...
Nov 03, 2023
Medicine Hat physician voices concerns over health-care system's precarious state
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Dr. Paul Parks, an emergency physician in Medicine Hat, is also the new Alberta Medical Association President. Parks has been travelling across Alberta to meet health-care workers a...
Nov 03, 2023
Pushers and flyers: New acrobatic routine gives Canada's artistic swimmers airtime
SANTIAGO, Chile - Raphaelle Plante didn't have previous experience in gymnastics or diving, but the athlete does both when her Canadian teammates catapult her out of the water and into the air. An acr...
Nov 03, 2023
Supporters march in solidarity after arrests of Vancouver safe drug supply advocates
VANCOUVER - Advocates for a safe drug supply gathered in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to denounce the recent arrests of the founders of the Drug User Liberation Front. The Vancouver Police Department...
Nov 03, 2023
Man grabbed officer's gun before deadly shooting in Saskatchewan: police watchdog
ESTEVAN, Sask. - Saskatchewan's police watchdog says a 19-year-old man grabbed an officer's gun while he was getting his arrest photo taken, and an officer was shot and wounded. The Saskatchewan Serio...
Nov 03, 2023
CJHL makes neck guards mandatory across 9 leagues
The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) said Friday it is making neck guards mandatory for all 122 member teams across its nine leagues, effective immediately, and subject to equipment availability.F...
Nov 03, 2023
Familiar foes Alouettes, Ticats ready for 'cat-and-mouse' game in East semifinal
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats should know each other inside and out by now. Montreal hosts Hamilton in the CFL East Division semifinal on Saturday at Molson Stadium in a fo...
Nov 03, 2023
Canada's Gushue through to men's Pan Continental Curling final with win over U.S.
KELOWNA, B.C. - Defending champion Brad Gushue of Canada advanced to the men's final at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships with an 8-3 win over Andrew Stopera of the United States on Frida...
Nov 03, 2023