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WHL releases pre-season schedule; two games coming to Dawson Creek
The Western Hockey League has released their 2019 pre-season schedule and residents of the Peace Country will get a chance to see a pair of games come to the region.Announced earlier this year, the Ed...
Jun 17, 2019 Photo by Andy Devlin/Edmonton Oil Kings
Bensmiller gets his redemption, goes wire-to-wire to win 2019 Medicine Hat title
Kurt Bensmiller credits the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede track as the unofficial birthplace of his WPCA career and on Sunday afternoon that career came full circle.Bensmiller brought the cro...
Jun 17, 2019
After harsh Twitter exchanges, Senate will look at new social media policy
OTTAWA - An independent senator is on a mission to get members of Canada's upper house to stop being so nasty to each other on social media. Tony Dean says recent exchanges on Twitter involv...
Jun 17, 2019
In the news today, June 17
Four stories in the news for Monday, June 17 --- TORONTO SET TO MARK RAPTORS' WIN WITH PARADE Throngs of fans are expected to line the streets of Toronto today as the city celebrates it...
Jun 17, 2019
City Manager sets milestone summiting Everest from north face
Grande Prairie's City Manager is celebrating a milestone achievement.Horacio Galanti has recently become the first ever Argentinian born person to summit Mount Everest from both the south and north fa...
Jun 17, 2019 Grande Prairie City Manager Horacio Galanti became the first Argentinian to ever summit Mount Everest from both the north and south face (Photo: City of Grande Prairie)
Victorious Raptors cancel their return to Toronto after becoming NBA champs
TORONTO - Some Raptors players returned to Toronto on Saturday night for the first time since their electrifying NBA championship win south of the border. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, w...
Jun 17, 2019
Trevor Harris, Eskimos open season with 32-25 win against Alouettes
EDMONTON - The Trevor Harris era in Edmonton started on a positive note. Kenny Stafford reeled in a pair of touchdown passes from Harris as the new-look Eskimos survived a scare to begin the seas...
Jun 16, 2019
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong released from prison
HONG KONG - Joshua Wong, a leading figure in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, has been released from prison. Wong's release from the Lai Chi Kok Correctional Facility on Monday came ...
Jun 16, 2019
3rd suspected suicide in less than 2 weeks for NY police
New York City police say a 29-year-old officer died Friday in the department's third suspected suicide in less than two weeks. Police say he shot himself in the head around 3:45 p.m. on a Staten Islan...
Jun 16, 2019
Hong Kong police begin to clear streets of protesters
Hong Kong police and protesters faced off Monday as authorities began trying to clear the streets of a few hundred who remained near the city government headquarters after massive demonstrations that ...
Jun 16, 2019