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Canadian linebacker Charlie Moore retires after three seasons with Stampeders
CALGARY - Canadian linebacker Charlie Moore retired Monday following three seasons with the Calgary Stampeders. Calgary selected Moore in the third round of the 2021 CFL draft. The former Calgary Dino...
Apr 29, 2024
County of Grande Prairie launches sixth Business Retention & Expansion survey
Business owners in the County of Grande Prairie are encouraged to participate in a survey to help establish business priorities.The County has launched the sixth Business Retention & Expansion sur...
Apr 29, 2024
Maple Leafs sign forward Nikita Grebyonkin to entry-level contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Nikita Grebyonkin to a three-year, entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Monday. The contract, which comes into effect immediately, carries...
Apr 29, 2024
Teachers union joins bid to have Supreme Court rule on Quebec religious symbols ban
MONTREAL - A major Quebec teachers union says it will follow the lead of the English Montreal School Board and seek to challenge the province's secularism law before the Supreme Court of Canada. The F...
Apr 29, 2024
Climate change, not habitat loss, may be biggest threat to caribou herds: study
Research suggests climate change, not habitat loss, may be the biggest threat to the survival of threatened caribou herds. Biologists have long thought the herds are menaced by wolves using cutlines a...
Apr 29, 2024
Ecuador announces complaint against Mexico at top UN court in diplomatic spat
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador announced Monday it has filed a complaint at the top U.N. court against Mexico over its decision to grant political asylum to a former Ecuadorian vice president, which le...
Apr 29, 2024
Eby says Vancouver speech praising Hamas attack was 'most hateful' he can imagine
VANCOUVER - B.C. Premier David Eby has joined other politicians denouncing remarks at a demonstration in Vancouver where protesters chanted "long live Oct. 7," praising that day's attacks by Hamas on ...
Apr 29, 2024
Retailer London Drugs closes stores in Western Canada due to 'cybersecurity incident'
London Drugs says it has temporarily closed all of its stores in Western Canada as it grapples with a "cybersecurity incident." The retailer and pharmacy chain says it learned it was the victim of a c...
Apr 29, 2024
Auger-Aliassime through to Madrid fourth round after Mensik retires
MADRID - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the fourth round of the Madrid Open tennis tournament Monday in a walkover after Czech opponent Jakub Mensik retired. Auger-Aliassime was up 6-1, ...
Apr 29, 2024
Leafs star Auston Matthews misses practice with illness, Game 5 status unclear
TORONTO - Auston Matthews will be alongside his teammates in Boston. Whether the Maple Leafs sniper is on the ice with Toronto facing elimination is a massive question mark. Matthews didn't practise t...
Apr 29, 2024