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Canada's Randa Markos ties UFC record in losing cause against Japan's Murata
LAS VEGAS - Canadian strawweight Randa (Quiet Storm) Markos tied a UFC record in a losing cause Saturday, beaten by Japan's Kanako Murata on a UFC Fight Night card. All three judges scored it 30-27 fo...
Nov 14, 2020
Dog, owner rescued after falling through ice Saturday near Beaverlodge
A joint effort by the County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service, as well as the Beaverlodge and Wembley fire stations, led to the rescue of a dog and its owner that had fallen through some ice ea...
Nov 14, 2020
Avalanche survivors start backcountry safety campaign
Three friends from Canmore, Alberta, have started a campaign to keep people safe in the backcountry this winter.The trio survived a deadly avalanche on a backcountry ski trip near Golden, B-C in Febru...
Nov 14, 2020
Max Gros-Louis, longtime leader of Huron-Wendat First Nation, dead at 89
Former Grand Chief Magella (Max) Gros-Louis, who championed Indigenous rights for more than 30 years as leader of the Huron-Wendat First Nation, has died at the age of 89. Grand Chief Remy Vincent con...
Nov 14, 2020
Alberta records 1,026 new COVID-19 cases
Alberta topped 1,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.The province is reporting 1,026 new cases for November 13, along with three COVID-19 related fat...
Nov 14, 2020
Tam warns of increasing pressure on hospitals as COVID-19 cases continue to rise
TORONTO - The rising tide of COVID-19 infections across much of Canada threatens to swamp a hospital system already under strain, the country's top doctor warned Saturday amid case numbers that contin...
Nov 14, 2020
Raptors Uprising GC sends all-star centre to Hornets Venom GT in major esports trade
TORONTO - Raptors Uprising GC traded away one of the pillars of its NBA 2K League perfect regular season in 2020, sending all-star centre Jerry (Sick One) Knapp to Hornets Venom GT for centre Xavier (...
Nov 14, 2020
Nova Scotia RCMP say man faces assault charges in violent clash at lobster pound
NEW EDINBURGH, N.S. - A 74-year-old Nova Scotia man has been charged in relation to a violent clash last month at a lobster pound in the southwestern part of the province, police announced on Saturday...
Nov 14, 2020
Romania: 10 die in fire at COVID-19 intensive care unit
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian officials say a fire at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients has killed 10 people and critically injured seven others. The blaze spread through the intensive care ward d...
Nov 14, 2020
AHS launches new COVID tool to support close contact notification
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has launched a new online portal to enable automated notification of close contacts of COVID-19 cases by text message.Albertans who receive a positive COVID test are bein...
Nov 14, 2020