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Winnipeg Blue Bombers receiver Kenny Lawler suspended after DUI
WINNIPEG - Wide receiver Kenny Lawler has been suspended by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers after he told the team he had been arrested for drunk driving. Lawler will miss Friday's game when the Edmonton El...
Oct 04, 2021
Sisters in Spirit vigil held in Grande Prairie
The 12th annual Sisters in Spirit memorial walk and candlelight vigil was held in Grande Prairie on Monday night to honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and the 2SLGBTQQIA...
Oct 04, 2021
Canada's Malcolm Gordon, Gavin Tucker added to November UFC card in Las Vegas
TORONTO - Canadian flyweight Malcolm (X) Gordon and featherweight Gavin (Guv'nor) Tucker have been added to the UFC Fight Night card Nov. 20 in Las Vegas. Gordon takes on Ukraine's Denys (Psycho) Bond...
Oct 04, 2021
Fairview Emergency Department to be without physician coverage for 24 hours starting Tuesday
The Fairview Health Complex Emergency Department will be without physician coverage temporarily for 24 hours starting on October 5 at 7 a.m. Coverage will return on October 6 at 7 a.m.Alberta Health S...
Oct 04, 2021
Grande Prairie records 40th COVID-19 death, 145 new cases added over weekend
The City of Grande Prairie recorded its 40th death as a result of COVID-19 over the weekend.The death recorded in Grande Prairie was one of 21 in Alberta from October 1-3. 2,752 Albertans have now die...
Oct 04, 2021
Ex-minister denounces racism against senator he called mouthpiece for China
OTTAWA - A former diplomat and cabinet minister is denouncing the anti-Asian racism directed at a Canadian senator he's called a mouthpiece for China. Chris Alexander says he has serious concerns that...
Oct 04, 2021
NDP to request recount in Toronto's Davenport riding, where Liberals won by 76 votes
OTTAWA - The NDP is to ask a judge for a recount in a Toronto seat where it lost to the Liberals by 76 votes. The New Democrats say they will go before a judge on Tuesday to ask for a recount in Daven...
Oct 04, 2021
Missouri governor denies clemency to death row inmate
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday declined to grant clemency to death row inmate Ernest Johnson, despite requests for mercy from the pope, two federal lawmakers and thousands of petition signers. Jo...
Oct 04, 2021
Blue Jays come up painfully short of playoff spot despite September surge
TORONTO - A storybook ending to a most unusual regular season was within reach for the Toronto Blue Jays, who used a September surge to make things very interesting down the stretch. The Boston Red So...
Oct 04, 2021
Veteran McLeod Bethel-Thompson to start at quarterback for Argonauts versus Redblacks
TORONTO - McLeod Bethel-Thompson wants to help the Toronto Argonauts achieve something they've yet to do this year. Bethel-Thompson will make a second straight start Wednesday night when Toronto (4-3)...
Oct 04, 2021