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Canadian Julia Budd scores TKO win for third straight Bellator title defence
THACKERSVILLE, Okla. - Canadian Julia (The Jewel) Budd successfully defended her Bellator featherweight title for a third time Friday night, stopping Israeli (Big Bad) Olga Rubin in the first round. B...
Jul 13, 2019
Kirk Sutherland falls just short of semis at Rangeland Derby
The semi finals are set at the Rangeland Derby in Calgary. Logan Gorst was crowned aggregate champion after Friday night's races and will be joined by Todd Baptiste, Luke Tournier, Ross Knight, Evan S...
Jul 13, 2019
Canada falls in Quarterfinals of Pan Am Cup
The Canadian Women's volleyball team has been eliminated from medal contention at the Pan Am Cup in Trujillo, Peru. Puerto Rico knocked off Canada in four sets (30-28, 13-25, 27-25, 26-24) in quarterf...
Jul 13, 2019 photo credit Volleyball Canada
'Robot umpires' debut in independent Atlantic League
YORK, Pa. - "Robot umpires" have arrived. The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes Wednesday night at its All-Sta...
Jul 13, 2019
Twitter taps Canada as test market for new 'hide' tweet feature
OTTAWA - Twitter launched an experiment in Canada Thursday to give users in this country the ability to hide replies to tweets on its social-media platform, in a bid, the company says, to give us...
Jul 13, 2019
Taylor Swift shakes off drama with fun concert performance
NEW YORK - In her first public appearance since discovering her masters were in the hands of someone she's not a fan of, Taylor Swift didn't directly address the issue, but she did play music from tha...
Jul 13, 2019
Canada to compensate 718 gay-purge victims in class-action settlement
OTTAWA - A lawyer says some victims of the federal government's gay purge were so devastated by the experience that even decades later they needed the help of a therapist to fill out forms to receive ...
Jul 13, 2019
Judge approves new Weinstein legal team led by #MeToo critic
NEW YORK - A judge gave Harvey Weinstein the green light Thursday to shake up his defence team yet again - this time a mere two months before the disgraced movie mogul whose case inspired the #MeToo m...
Jul 13, 2019
Local firefighters helping out up north
Some firefighters from the City and County of Grande Prairie are still helping out with the big fire up north.The city department currently has two firefighters and some equipment deployed in High Lev...
Jul 13, 2019 The Chuckegg Creek continues to burn. It has scorched over 330.000 hectares. Photo supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.
City councillor asks city staff to look at cost recovery at Eastlink Centre
A city councillor is asking city staff to look for cost recovery at the Eastlink Centre.This came after a city committee was presented with a report that said the budgeted deficit for the Eastlink Cen...
Jul 13, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith