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'Saving up to $13.7K per year': Alberta reaches $15/day child care milestone
Alberta families are saving thousands of dollars annually as the province reaches a $15-per-day for child care average, officials from both levels of government said Thursday.The low average rate, rea...
Mar 15, 2024
Hockey, Arctic Winter Games, skiing, Wolves this weekend
StormThe Storm start the next round of the AJHL playoffs Friday night in Calgary. Face-off time with the Canucks is 7 p.m.The Storm are the sixth seed in the playoffs while the Canucks are the third s...
Mar 15, 2024
Bobby Wagner didn't consider retiring. But something outside football drew him to Washington
Bobby Wagner did not consider retiring from football on the verge of his 34th birthday. It was the pull of playing for Dan Quinn and Ken Norton Jr. that drew him to leave the Seattle Seahawks and sign...
Mar 15, 2024
Canada's Morales Williams riding with confidence as NCAA indoor 400m champion
The switch flipped for Christopher Morales Williams in the time of the 2023 outdoor season. Last spring, the runner from Vaughan, Ont., learned to control his negative thoughts, discovered that it was...
Mar 15, 2024
Moose spotted in Muskoseepi Park
The City of Grande Prairie is asking Muskoseepi Park visitors to be mindful of their surroundings as there have been multiple sightings of a moose in the area.Residents walking their dogs in the park ...
Mar 15, 2024
'Tsunami' of Indigenous identity fraud cases heading to courts, warns B.C. judge
OTTAWA - A British Columbia judge is warning that what he calls a "tsunami" of Indigenous identity fraud cases is coming to Canadian courts. Provincial Court Judge David Patterson says that's driven b...
Mar 15, 2024
Connecticut trooper who shot Black man after police chase is acquitted of manslaughter
A white Connecticut state police trooper was acquitted of manslaughter Friday in the death of Mubarak Soulemane, a Black community college student with mental illness who was shot as he sat behind the...
Mar 15, 2024
'Lighthearted' Vancouver Whitecaps confident ahead of FC Dallas matchup
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps will be without some major baggage as they hit the road this season. Last year, away games quickly took on a weight for the team, said head coach Vanni Sartini. The...
Mar 15, 2024
Mooseheads forward Jordan Dumais suspended five games after impaired driving charges
HALIFAX - Jordan Dumais of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League's Halifax Mooseheads has been suspended five games after being charged with impaired driving earlier this month. Halifax police arr...
Mar 15, 2024
WPCA tarp auction for Stompede set for Saturday
The World Professional Chuckwagon Association will hold its tarp auction for Stompede Saturday at Evergreen Park.The auction will be part of a gala and fundraiser taking place in the TARA Centre.There...
Mar 15, 2024