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Powell has the hot hand as Raps tie franchise scoring record in thumping Wizards
TORONTO - Norman Powell had 28 points off the bench and Marc Gasol added a season-high 20 points as the Toronto Raptors tied the franchise scoring record by thumping the Wizards 140-111 Frid...
Jan 17, 2020
ATB Financial sues owner of now-closed Grande Prairie clinic
CTV News is reporting that ATB Financial has filed a lawsuit against the private healthcare company PrimeCARE. Earlier this week, PrimeCARE Health abruptly closed three Alberta clinics, including one ...
Jan 17, 2020 PrimeCARE clinic located in Grande Prairie (photo: Shane Clausing)
Boeing is working on a new software issue on the 737 Max
Boeing is working to fix a newly discovered problem with software powering up on the 737 Max, adding to the list of tasks the aircraft maker faces to get the grounded plane back in the air. Boeing sai...
Jan 17, 2020
Metis nations ask Ottawa to negotiate directly with them, not national body
EDMONTON - Three provincial Metis nations are asking the federal government to negotiate directly with them on issues of self-government and not through their national representative body.The Metis Na...
Jan 17, 2020 Metis Nation flag
Bantam AAA Storm fall in final group game of Western Canadian Crown Elite Tournament
The Bantam AAA Golden Arrow Storm fell in their final group game at the Western Canadian Crown Elite Bantam Invitational tournament 4-1 Friday to the Northern Alberta Xtreme (NAX). The Storm got off t...
Jan 17, 2020 Photo Credit: EverythingGP
County Regional Fire Service responds to two structure fires in two days
At 12:07 p.m. Friday, fire crews responded to a heavy timber barn fire. Crews have since brought the fire under control and are currently still on scene. The cause of the fire is still being determine...
Jan 17, 2020 Photo Credit: EverythingGP
Canada will respect an Iraqi government order to leave: Sajjan
OTTAWA - Canada will respect any decision by the Iraqi government to expel foreign troops from the country, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Friday, even as reports suggested the United States was ...
Jan 17, 2020
Calgary plans to ban conversion therapy by withholding business licences
CALGARY - A motion to ban conversion therapy is to go before a Calgary council committee with a vote expected sometime next month.Conversion therapy aims to change an individual's sexual orientation t...
Jan 17, 2020
No. 1 draft prospect Alexis Lafreniere headlines CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
HAMILTON - Alexis Lafreniere has raised some eyebrows. Heading into the world junior hockey championship, there was no doubting the projected No. 1 pick at the 2020 NHL draft had a clinical ...
Jan 17, 2020
Hillary Clinton to 2020 Democratic voters: pick a winner
PASADENA, Calif. - Hillary Rodham Clinton has advice for Democratic voters faced with an unsettled field of presidential contenders: pick a winner. "This is an election that will have such profound im...
Jan 17, 2020