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Attorneys tweak $2.78B college settlement, remove the word 'booster' from NIL language
Three weeks after being asked to modify a $2.78 billion deal that would dramatically change college sports, attorneys excised the word "booster" from the mammoth plan in hopes of satisfying a judge's ...
Sep 26, 2024
Alabama puts man convicted of killing 3 to death in the country’s second nitrogen gas execution
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings, the second time the method that has generated debate abou...
Sep 26, 2024
Premier Smith criticizes electronic voting machines as cities support using them at conference
Premier Danielle Smith and NDP leader Naheed Nenshi each addressed delegates and media at the 2024 Alberta Municipalities Convention and Trade Show in Red Deer on Thursday, and it was a tale of two st...
Sep 26, 2024
'Lest we forget': Military grave markers dedicated at Medicine Hat's Hillside Cemetary
Fourteen military grave markers have been placed at Hillside Cemetary in Medicine Hat through the Last Post Fund and were dedicated Thursday morning.Theses graves previously unmarked for the veterans ...
Sep 26, 2024
CSE should make changes or stop using polygraphs: watchdog report
OTTAWA - A new watchdog report says there are fundamental issues with the use of polygraphs for security screening by Canada's cyberspy agency. It calls for the Communications Security Establishment a...
Sep 26, 2024
Allyson MacNutt upsets Kerri Einarson 8-6 in PointsBet Invitational curling
CALGARY - Allyson MacNutt's junior women's curling team ousted Kerri Einarson from the PointsBet Invitiational with an 8-6 win. MacNutt's Halifax team stole a point in the eighth and 10th ends en rout...
Sep 26, 2024
Scheffler, Kim get into gamesmanship as Americans take 5-0 lead at Presidents Cup
L'LE-BIZARD-SAINTE-GENEVIVE, Que. - The United States has jumped out to a 5-0 over the International team at the Presidents Cup. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and partner Russell Henley earned a 3&...
Sep 26, 2024
Alberta man accused in sex assaults and kidnappings fit to stand trial after stroke
A psychiatric report has found a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting six women east of Calgary is fit to stand trial but his lawyer wants the court to order another hearing before the lo...
Sep 26, 2024
Blue Bombers can clinch playoff spot for eighth straight season with win over Elks
WINNIPEG - Willie Jefferson doesn't like to look too far ahead, but there is something he'd like to see happen after the Winnipeg Blue Bombers host the Edmonton Elks on Friday. A victory by the Blue B...
Sep 26, 2024
Canada's Grenier aims for return to top form after injury: 'I'm pretty resilient'
Valrie Grenier is confident she can return to top form after a serious injury early this year. After all, this isn't her first time overcoming a major setback. The Canadian alpine skier hit the slopes...
Sep 26, 2024