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Physician training in Grande Prairie set to start in the fall of 2025
The training of family physicians in Grande Prairie is expected to start in the fall of 2025.Officials from Northwestern Polytechnic and the University of Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding ...
Apr 26, 2024

Tornado tears through Nebraska, causing severe damage in Omaha suburbs
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, destroying homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Inj...
Apr 26, 2024

Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death avoids prison
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) - A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine avoided prison and was sentenced to probation Friday after his homicide conviction in the Black man's death, which h...
Apr 26, 2024

Alberta invests $8 million in Alberta Media Fund for publishing and entertainment industries
The Alberta government is aiming to help the publishing and entertainment industries in the province thrive with an $8-million investment in the Alberta Media Fund. Through the Fund, book and magazine...
Apr 26, 2024

Retiring CFL star Harris talks new documentary, overcoming mental health struggles
WINNIPEG - Andrew Harris is leaving football as one the greatest running backs in CFL history. But he says that he once went from the exhilaration of winning the 2019 Grey Cup with the Winnipeg Blue B...
Apr 26, 2024

Blue Jays pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann out with nerve inflammation in elbow
TORONTO - Blue Jays pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann will miss about seven to 10 more days with a sore elbow. Toronto manager John Schneider says that the 21-year-old left-hander has ulnar nerve infl...
Apr 26, 2024

Canada's Syla Swords eyes Olympic chance after closing impressive high school career
Following the recent end of an impressive high school career, the goal for Syla Swords has shifted to making the Canadian women's basketball team heading to Paris. Swords, from Sudbury, Ont., is a fiv...
Apr 26, 2024

Canadian women's rugby team opens Pacific Four Series against U.S. in California
The Canada women's rugby team sees its first action of 2024 on Sunday when it opens the Pacific Four Series against the ninth-ranked United States in Carson, Calif. The game is the first for the fourt...
Apr 26, 2024

CP NewsAlert: B.C. asks Health Canada to make drug use in public illegal again
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to "urgently change" the province's decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public. Premier David Eby says in a statement the c...
Apr 26, 2024

Spence has two goals and assist, Canada thumps Czechia 6-0 at U18 hockey worlds
VANTAA, Finland - Malcolm Spence had two goals and an assist as Canada thumped Czechia 6-0 in a penalty-filled affair Friday at the world men's under-18 hockey championship. Tij Iginla also had two go...
Apr 26, 2024