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Anarchy set for 1st home game on Saturday
The Northern Anarchy women's football team will play their home opener this Saturday at CKC Field as they host the Calgary Rage.It hasn't been a great start to the season for the Anarchy who have drop...
May 24, 2019
Survey finds minimal progress in military's fight against sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada has offered a sobering assessment of the Canadian Forces' four-year war on sexual misconduct, suggesting in a new report Wednesday that the military has made only minimal pr...
May 24, 2019
High Level fire grows to 976 square kilometres
Alberta Wildfire's incident commander says the fire threatening the northwestern town of High Level has grown.Scott Elliot puts the fire at 976 square kilometres now, up from 920 square kilometres on ...
May 24, 2019
New sitting of legislature starts with accusations from both sides
Premier Jason Kenney and Opposition Leader Rachel Notley swapped charges of criminal behaviour, sexual misconduct and harbouring rule-breakers in the first session since Kenney defeated Notley in the ...
May 24, 2019
Cher's waiting fans shocked as 'sudden short-term illness' cancels Winnipeg show
WINNIPEG - Thousands of Cher's fans grumbled with disappointment on Tuesday night after the pop diva unexpectedly cancelled her Winnipeg show while they were already inside the arena. Nearly an hour a...
May 24, 2019
British Steel collapses, threatening thousands of jobs
LONDON - British Steel Ltd has been ordered into liquidation as it struggles with industry-wide troubles and Brexit, threatening 5,000 workers and another 20,000 jobs in the supply chain. The company ...
May 24, 2019
US orders for long-lasting goods fall 2.1% in April
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for large manufactured goods fell sharply last month, pulled down by lower demand for commercial aircraft and cars. The Commerce Department said Friday that order...
May 24, 2019
Proctor back chasing running records after cross-Canada speed attempt
CALGARY - Dave Proctors' attempted speed record across Canada last summer was foiled by a bad back, so the ultramarathoner's comeback plan is chasing a pair of quirkier running ben...
May 24, 2019
Big names headed to New Mexico to film 'The Comeback Trail'
SANTA FE, N.M. - Oscar winners Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman soon will be on their way to New Mexico to start work on "The Comeback Trail." The feature film will begin shooting in...
May 24, 2019
Cross-Canada corridor concept getting dusted off ahead of election
OTTAWA - The notion of a pan-Canadian corridor dedicated to rail, power lines and pipelines has been around for at least half a century but it looks like it's about ...
May 24, 2019