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Hawks rally from 26 points down, stun 76ers in Game 5
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks pulled off a playoff comeback for the ages against the Philadelphia 76ers to move within a victory of the Eastern Conference Finals. Young was foul...
Jun 16, 2021
Grande Prairie Piranhas send Minic off to Olympic trials with drive-by parade
The Grande Prairie Piranhas Swim Club threw Catherine Minic a drive-by parade on the evening of June 15, as she gets ready to travel to Toronto for the Canada Olympic swimming trials.The parade was he...
Jun 16, 2021
China launches first three-man crew to new space station
JIUQUAN, China (AP) - China launched the first three-man crew to its new space station in its first crewed mission in five years Thursday. The astronauts are traveling in the Shenzhou-12 spaceship lau...
Jun 16, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, June 16, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. There are 1,405,146 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,405,146 confirmed cases (14,148 acti...
Jun 16, 2021
City, AEP removing dead fish from Bear Creek
The city says it is working with Alberta Environment & Parks to remove a quantity of dead fish from Bear Creek.This comes after city crews were given the green light Wednesday from the province to...
Jun 16, 2021
Armed Forces personnel assess possible 'old' military shell in North Vancouver home
VANCOUVER - Police say a person in North Vancouver who bought what they thought was an "interesting artifact" may actually have purchased an old explosive. RCMP Sgt. Peter DeVries says they were calle...
Jun 16, 2021
Government defying order to produce documents on fired scientists: Speaker
OTTAWA - House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota says the Trudeau government has not complied with an order to produce unredacted documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada's highest ...
Jun 16, 2021
Powell: Opportunity to play for Canada in Tokyo worth the seven-week sacrifice
Battling back from a devastating Achilles injury, in a condensed NBA season that was already exhausting enough, Dwight Powell could have taken the summer off to rest. But the chance to play for Canada...
Jun 16, 2021
RCMP warn of travelling fraudsters following reports of scams across Peace Region
The Western Alberta District RCMP is warning the public about an increase in reports from across the Peace Region of individuals being approached by fraudsters in a series of transaction scams and dis...
Jun 16, 2021
'Sacred country': Singer-songwriter Corb Lund holds coal mining protest concert
LIVINGSTONE RANGE, ALBERTA - Two mountain goats stubbornly refused to get up from their resting spot Wednesday in the middle of a gravel road heading into the eastern slopes of Alberta's Rocky Mountai...
Jun 16, 2021