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Leafs' Muzzin ready for 1st game versus Kings as Tavares inches closer to return
TORONTO - Jake Muzzin will be in uncharted waters. The big defenceman has made a home on the Maple Leafs' blue line since the Los Angeles Kings traded him to Toronto nine months ago. A calmi...
Nov 4, 2019
Gardner wins second-straight CFR all-around title
Dawson Creek's Jacob Gardner won the all-around title for the second year in a row at the Canadian Finals Rodeo.He also finished eighth in the Canadian standings and eighth in the CFR aggregate in bul...
Nov 4, 2019 The Canadian rodeo champions were crowned Sunday in Red Deer. Photo from the CFR Facebook page.
Calgary Dinos uniforms stolen ahead of U Sports women's soccer championship
CALGARY - A set of University of Calgary women's soccer uniforms was stolen ahead of the team's appearance at the national championship starting Thursday. Head coach Troye Flannery said the ...
Nov 4, 2019
Scientists using aerial drones to compare northern and southern whale behaviour
VANCOUVER - Scientists at the University of British Columbia are using aerial drones to study whether endangered southern resident killer whales are getting enough of their preferred pr...
Nov 4, 2019
'I need answers:' Slain caseworker's sister in court as mental exam ordered
CALGARY - The sister of a caseworker who was stabbed to death while on the job at an assisted-living home says she doesn't want any other family to suffer the same way. Nancy Euwangue travel...
Nov 4, 2019
Raptors' VanVleet "humbled" by chance to give back to basketball in Rockford
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet is giving back to basketball in his hometown of Rockford, Ill. The Toronto Raptors guard has sponsored the VanVleet Court at the BMO Harris Bank Center in R...
Nov 4, 2019
Warkentin wants a meeting on "a crisis in agriculture"
The MP for Grande Prairie-Mackenzie says there is a crisis on Peace Region farms and he is hoping the federal government will do something to help.Half of the crop is still out in the field in some pl...
Nov 4, 2019 Photo credit: ID 12706571 © Imagevillage | Dreamstime.com
River otter likely snuck through open gates to get to Vancouver koi pond
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver park board official says a hungry river otter following the scent of fresh koi likely scaled a fence or took advantage of a brief opening of gates at a downtown garde...
Nov 4, 2019
Weather conditions causes County to declare agricultural disaster
The County of Grande Prairie has officially declared an agricultural disaster. The wet conditions, which delayed seeding, excessive rainfall, and cool weather, has slowed agriculture production in the...
Nov 4, 2019
Five charged in connection with alleged drug trafficking in Medicine Hat, Brooks
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team have arrested five people in Brooks and Medicine Hat connection with an alleged drug trafficking network in southeastern Alberta.Police sei...
Nov 4, 2019