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Injury bug forces Toronto Arrows to sign eighth scrum half of challenging season
TORONTO - Add Toronto Arrows scrum halves to baby formula, semiconductor chips, aluminum and other things in short supply these days. On Thursday, the Major League Rugby team signed its eighth scrum h...
May 13, 2022
Former Storm player backstops opening win for Canada at world championship
Former Storm player Logan Thompson made 18 saves as Canada beat Germany 5-3 in its first game at the World Men's Hockey Championship on Friday. It was Canada's opening game at the tournament being pla...
May 13, 2022
Twistmasters hosting provincial championships Saturday
Arm wrestlers from across the province are gathering in Grande Prairie this weekend for the 2022 Alberta Provincial Arm Wrestling Championships.The Paradise Inn will be the host venue and the Northern...
May 13, 2022
Highway cleanup set for this weekend after rainout last weekend
After being cancelled last weekend due to the weather, Alberta transportation's 46th annual Highway Cleanup campaign will take place this Saturday, May 14th across the Peace region. Volunteers from va...
May 13, 2022
Dutch Princess Margriet honours Canadian general who liberated her nation in WWII
OTTAWA - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands paid tribute to the Canadian who negotiated the surrender of the Nazis in her nation in 1945. The princess was born in Ottawa, her family having escaped t...
May 13, 2022
Inexperienced Flames focus on 'process' with goal to finish off playoff opponents
DALLAS - Closing out an NHL playoff series to advance to the next one has a way of accelerating a player's maturation. The Calgary Flames may have been the higher seed heading into their conference qu...
May 13, 2022
Canada gives up two 5-on-3 goals in third, hangs on for 5-3 win over Germany
HELSINKI - Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice and Canada overcame an undisciplined third period in a 5-3 win over Germany on Friday at the world hockey championship. Cole Sillinger, Kent Johnson and Noah ...
May 13, 2022
CRTC to get new chair as role of broadcast regulator expands
OTTAWA - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says its chair Ian Scott and broadcasting vice-chair are to be replaced within months and Canadian Heritage is now accepting ap...
May 13, 2022
Revamped Toronto FC learning as it goes under veteran head coach Bob Bradley
TORONTO - Mexican centre back Carlos Salcedo returns to bolster an uncertain Toronto FC defence as Orlando City visits BMO Field on Saturday. Salcedo, one of TFC's designated players, is deemed good t...
May 13, 2022
Collective agreement ratified by AHS and AUPE Auxiliary Nursing
EDMONTON, AB - A new collective agreement between Alberta Health Services (AHS) and Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) Auxiliary Nursing has been made official.The two bodies announces the r...
May 13, 2022