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One of two teenagers reported missing in Sturgeon County from High Prairie
A girl from High Prairie is one of two teenagers reported missing by Morinville RCMP.Mounties say 15-year-old Tyre Marie Danais and 13-year-old Jay-Lynn Cochrane of Sturgeon County were last seen just...
May 30, 2022
BC Peace cowboy wins Stompede bull riding a third straight time
Unofficial results from the Stompede rodeo show a BC Peace cowboy has won the bull riding for a third straight time.Jacob Gardner won the crown with an 89.5 during Thursday's main performance. He also...
May 30, 2022
Yukon supervised drug consumption site upgraded to allow indoor smoking
WHITEHORSE - Those who use illicit drugs may now smoke their substances at the supervised drug consumption site in Whitehorse, becoming one of the first facilities in Canada to allow inhalation indoor...
May 30, 2022
Ottawa's main Canada Day celebrations to be held at LeBreton Flats Park
OTTAWA - Large-scale Canada Day celebrations will return to the national capital July 1, with most of the action taking place in a park just west of Parliament Hill. Daytime and evening shows are sche...
May 30, 2022
Steve CashSteve Cash headlines list of inductees to Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame
TORONTO - Steve Cash, a two-time NBA MVP and voted one of the league's 75 greatest players of all time, is among a group of seven who will be inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame. Nash w...
May 30, 2022
Study struggles to explain why Quebec has high COVID death toll but low excess death
MONTREAL - Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had Canada's highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 20...
May 30, 2022
Mary Ng under ethics probe over contract to firm co-founded by Liberal strategist
OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner has opened an investigation into the conduct of International Trade Minister Mary Ng over a contract given to a company co-founded by a Liberal strategist. Con...
May 30, 2022
Hockey Canada names team for delayed women's world under-18 hockey championship
CALGARY - Canada's under-18 women's hockey team for the world championship was announced for the second time in less than five months Monday. The three goaltenders, seven defenders and 13 forwards cho...
May 30, 2022
Doug Irvine wins Grande Prairie WPCA's Dash for Cash final at Stompede
By just five one-hundreths of a second, Doug Irvine driving Swab Pro (2018) Ltd. Outfit with outriders Rory Gervais and Tyson Whitehead won the 2022 Grande Prairie Stompede Championship on Sunday nigh...
May 30, 2022
Monday night is deadline for Cash and Camping second early bird draw
Ticket purchasers hoping to get in on the second early bird draw for this year's Cash and Camping Lottery need to act quickly. Monday, May 30th at midnight is the deadline to buy a ticket and be eligi...
May 30, 2022