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Stamps & Rage kick off Wheatbelt Semi-Finals Wednesday night
The 2019 Wheatbelt Baseball League playoffs resume Wednesday night in Peace River as the Stampeders host the Rycroft Rage in Game 1 of their semi-final series.The two clubs just finished a game apart ...
Jul 17, 2019 (photo credit to Jeromy Corrigan)

Lights get ready for final tune-up ahead of Provincials
The Northern Lights U18 baseball club are back in the Swan City this weekend for a four-game series with the Fort McMurray Oil Giants.This will be the Lights first action at Evergreen Park in close to...
Jul 17, 2019 (photo credit to the Northern Lights Baseball Academy)

Trump moves to effectively end asylum at southern border
WASHINGTON - Reversing decades of U.S. policy, the Trump administration said Monday it will end all asylum protections for most migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border - the president's most for...
Jul 17, 2019

Group wants charges in horse deaths during Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races
CALGARY - An animal welfare group is renewing its call for cruelty charges following the deaths of six horses at this year's Calgary Stampede. "Law enforcement - including the Calgary police...
Jul 17, 2019

Companies to appear before panel today in public inquiry into B.C. gas prices
VANCOUVER - Four oil and gas companies are expected to answer questions today about how they use the Trans Mountain pipeline, how refinery closures affect their prices and other factors that coul...
Jul 17, 2019

2019 World Jet Boat Championships hit the water in GP
There have been plenty of waves out on the water in Northwestern Alberta the past week as the 2019 World Jet Boat Race Championship has returned to the area for another thrilling week and a half of co...
Jul 17, 2019 (photo credit to Travel Alberta)

Fans to descend on San Diego for the 50th Comic-Con
LOS ANGELES - Dust off your Captain Marvel cosplay, San Diego Comic-Con is here. The four-and-a-half day convention kicks off Wednesday when the show room floor opens to thousands vying for exclusive ...
Jul 17, 2019

Rescuers make slow progress on freeing entangled North Atlantic right whales
Efforts to free some endangered, entangled North Atlantic right whales continue, weather permitting, according to the federal government. A news release from the Department of Fisheries and...
Jul 17, 2019

Foundation to help injured jockeys being formed
A group devoted to helping jockeys hurt on the job is being formed and is already holding its first fund-raiser.Money raised from an art auction being held during the horse races at Evergreen Park wil...
Jul 17, 2019 One of the works being sold in an art auction in support of the Grande Prairie Injured Jockey Foundation.

Pakistan arrests US-wanted terror suspect in Mumbai attacks
MULTAN, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities say they have arrested a radical cleric and U.S.-wanted terror suspect blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, just days ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan's trip ...
Jul 17, 2019