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Regina's Mosaic Stadium steps onto NHL stage with an outdoor game
REGINA - The NHL's outdoor game in Regina doesn't have a player from the province of Saskatchewan in it, or even a Western Hockey League Regina Pats alumnus. So the player with perhaps ...
Oct 27, 2019
Taxpayer group wants city to lower taxes, spending
Medicine Hat, AB - A new local taxpayer group is seeking members to influence city council to lower municipal spending and taxes.Medicine Hat Rate Payers Society founder Alan Rose says the group is op...
Oct 27, 2019
Oilsands part of second U.S. fraud lawsuit against Exxon over carbon pricing
There is a second fraud lawsuit in the United States against ExxonMobil involving Alberta's oilsands. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday by the state of Massachusetts, accuses the oil multinational o...
Oct 27, 2019
Huffman released with 2 days left on 2-week prison term
SAN FRANCISCO - Actress Felicity Huffman was released Friday morning from a federal prison in California two days before the end of a two-week sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal, ...
Oct 27, 2019
Bandits take 17th straight to start season, downing Saints 4-2
BROOKS, AB - Sean Chisholm (Caledonia, ON) had a second consecutive two-goal night, and Tim Rego (Mansfield, MA) scored the game-winner, as the Brooks Bandits (17-0) stayed undefeated with a 4-2 home ...
Oct 27, 2019 Photo courtesy of Brooks Bandits
Bellator champion Rory (Red King) MacDonald balances faith and fighting
NEW YORK - After earning a majority draw with veteran Jon Fitch in April, Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald wondered in his post-fight interview if he still had "that same drive to ...
Oct 27, 2019
Positivity in renewables stable despite shifting political ground
Red Deer, AB - There is optimism among those in Alberta's renewable energy sector despite an unstable political landscape and this province's attachment to oil and gas.At the Renewable Energy Fair at ...
Oct 27, 2019
Ground-breaking Canadian black lawyer to finally be honoured in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - Abraham Beverley Walker is considered the first Canadian-born black lawyer, but a New Brunswick historian says Walker's accomplishments have been all but forgotten by hist...
Oct 27, 2019
Douglas Lima regains Bellator welterweight title from Canada's Rory MacDonald
UNCASVILLE, United States - Douglas (The Phenom) Lima regained his 170-pound title from Canadian Rory (The Red King) MacDonald on Saturday night, winning the final of the Bellator Welterweight Gr...
Oct 27, 2019
Pinturault leads Faivre for French 1-2 in World Cup opener
SOELDEN, Austria - Widely regarded a main candidate to succeed retired Marcel Hirscher as World Cup overall champion, Alexis Pinturault passed his first test with flying colours on Sunday. He beat tea...
Oct 27, 2019