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5 members of St.Joes Celtics win Senior Bowl with Team North
It was a busy May long weekend for a few members of the St.Joe's Celtics as they were down in Calgary for the annual Senior Bowl which puts the best football players of the North against the best foot...
May 21, 2019 (photo credit to Football Alberta)
"Fun Guy" Kawhi the latest example of NBA branding
TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard's likeness looks down from some 10 storeys high over Yonge-Dundas Square in the heart of downtown Toronto. Arms crossed. Serious face. The tagline reads: "Fun Gu...
May 21, 2019
GPREP called in to help with High Level wildfire
The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP) has been activated to assist with the High Level fire.Thousands of people are out of their homes near High Level, after a threatening wildfire...
May 21, 2019 (Photo credit: Facebook/Deb Stecyk)
Former Obama official Susan Rice has book out in October
NEW YORK - Susan E. Rice, the former national security adviser and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has a book coming out this fall. "Tough Love" will be published Oct. 8, Simon & Schuster a...
May 21, 2019
Jamie Oliver's UK restaurant chain collapses into insolvency
LONDON - Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's British restaurant chain has become insolvent, putting 1,300 jobs at risk. The firm said Tuesday that it had gone into administration, a form of bankruptcy prote...
May 21, 2019
Preliminary phase of Lionel Desmond inquiry begins in Nova Scotia
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry begins its investigation today into the death of an Afghan war veteran who killed his family and himself more than two years ago in Nova Scotia. The provincial...
May 21, 2019
Crime watch asking people to take precautions during seeding
The Beaverlodge Rural Crime Watch Association is offering advice to keep property safe during seeding.President Leanne Van Wagner says one thing people need to do is take the keys out of their trucks ...
May 21, 2019
Canadians Weir, Taylor book berths in U.S. Open through sectional qualifier
DALLAS - Mike Weir is heading back to the U.S. Open. The Canadian golfer earned a spot in the field for the third major of the PGA Tour calendar by finishing in a tie for fifth place at a section...
May 21, 2019
Food insecurity grew in Nunavut after federal program to fight hunger: study
Newly published research has concluded that food insecurity in Nunavut grew after a federal program was brought in to fight hunger in the North. The study, published Tuesday in the Canadian Medic...
May 21, 2019
AP sources: Former CIA chief Brennan to brief Dems on Iran
WASHINGTON - House Democrats will hear from former CIA Director John Brennan about the situation in Iran, inviting him to speak next week amid heightened concerns over the Trump administration's sudde...
May 21, 2019