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Expectations high for Jean Charest in French-language Conservative leadership debate
OTTAWA - A former Conservative leadership candidate says expectations will be high for ex-Quebec premier Jean Charest when he takes the stage in his home province for the party's French-language debat...
May 24, 2022
Grande Prairie and area ready for a overwhelming return of tourism in Alberta
'Revenge Tourism' is the new term coined for the return of events that are coming back and new to the Peace Region this summer. After a large gap in community events and functions due to the Covid-19 ...
May 24, 2022
About 76 per cent of homes in Quebec back on the grid after powerful weekend storm
MONTREAL - Quebec's hydro utility says more than 130,000 customers are still without power after a powerful weekend storm uprooted trees and power lines across a large swath of the province. Hydro-Qub...
May 24, 2022
Fourteen players make three-year commitment to Canada Basketball ahead of Olympics
TORONTO - Fourteen elite basketball players, including Jamal Murray and R.J. Barrett, have committed to representing Canada between now and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Canada Basketball says that co...
May 24, 2022
CFL players report to work after rejecting tentative agreement
CFL players continued practising Tuesday after turning down the latest contract offer from the league. On Monday night, the players rejected ratifying a tentative agreement that had been reached by th...
May 24, 2022
Canada's Shapovalov upset by Denmark's Rune in first round of French Open
PARIS - Canada's Denis Shapovalov has been bounced from the French Open. The product of Richmond Hill, Ont., lost to Denmark's Holger Rune 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (4) in the Grand Slam tournament's first round....
May 24, 2022
One injured in fire at Tolko Industries high Prairie mill
Damage assessments are still being done after an early Friday morning fire at Tolko's mill west of High Prairie. Emergency crews were called to the scene at around 5 am Friday morning and the mill was...
May 24, 2022
French Open updates | Rune upsets Shapovalov in 1st round
PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the French Open tennis tournament (all times local): 1:20 p.m. Danish teenager Holger Rune upset 14th-seeded Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (4) in the first round of the Fre...
May 24, 2022
GOP takes Oz's side in Pa. Senate race vote-counting lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The national Republican Party is taking the side of celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania's neck-and-neck GOP primary contest for U.S. Senate and opposing a laws...
May 24, 2022
Canada's under-18 women's hockey team reboots for long-awaited world championship
CALGARY - After a cancellation and a delay, Canada's top young female hockey talent starts preparing to finally step on the world stage. A selection camp of 40 players opened Tuesday in Calgary to cho...
May 24, 2022