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Alberta government to expand private day surgery use
CALGARY - The Alberta government plans to expand the use of privately run day-surgery clinics as part of a plan to boost procedures by 150 per cent. Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the prov...
Sep 11, 2020

Drive-in movie fundraiser this weekend to support the United Way
A drive-in movie fundraiser for the United Way is taking place at Evergreen Park this weekend.The fundraiser is being organized by Investors Group and Dean Hunt Private Wealth and will take place in t...
Sep 11, 2020

Trainer Josie Carroll will have history on her side at Queen's Plate
TORONTO - Trainer Josie Carroll will have history on her side Saturday. Carroll will be chasing a third career victory in the $1-million Queen's Plate at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack. She'll have...
Sep 11, 2020

Saskatchewan court allows teepee protest camp to stay on legislature lawn
REGINA - A Saskatchewan judge has ruled a Metis man can stay on the lawn of the provincial legislature to finish his hunger strike against high suicide rates. The government took Tristen Dur...
Sep 11, 2020

Grande Prairie Fish and Wildlife help free elk stuck in hundreds of feet of wire
Alberta Fish and Wildlife have had to rescue a bull elk that was stuck in several hundred feet of wire in a field near Grande Prairie.In a Facebook post, Alberta Fish and Wildlife said that on Septemb...
Sep 11, 2020

$30M in improvements coming for B.C. logging road where two students died
VICTORIA - Improvements are coming to a narrow logging road on Vancouver Island where members of the local First Nations as well as two university students have lost their lives. Indigenous Relations ...
Sep 11, 2020

Steeler Smith-Schuster impressed with Canadian rookie Chase Claypool
JuJu Smith-Schuster can see Canadian rookie receiver Chase Claypool having a big year with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh selected the six-foot-four, 238-pound Claypool, a native of Abbotsford, B...
Sep 11, 2020

Ottawa, airlines agree on passenger info rules to aid contact-tracing efforts
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada's largest airlines agreed to a new set of rules to help contact-tracing efforts should a passenger test positive for COVID-19. Passengers will be a...
Sep 11, 2020

Rugby Canada expands young talent search both in Canada and abroad
Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones is back on the field, finally coaching again - albeit with small groups and under COVID-19 restrictions. Jones has been helping out with the developmental Pacifi...
Sep 11, 2020

Staying with Vancouver Canucks a priority for free agent Tyler Toffoli
Tyler Toffoli wants to finish what he has started with the Vancouver Canucks. As an unrestricted free agent, the 28-year-old right-winger could test the market when the NHL's free agenc...
Sep 11, 2020