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Wildfire prompts MEG Energy, Imperial to move workers away from oilsands sites
Out-of-control wildfires blazing in northern Alberta have prompted fresh evacuations of workers from oilsands sites.MEG Energy Corp. said late Wednesday evening that it is evacuating non-essential per...
Jul 18, 2024
Province says record starts keeping Alberta’s housing boom strong
In the first six months of 2024, officials with the Alberta government say housing starts in the province have increased by 54 per cent as more than 21,500 new homes started construction across the pr...
Jul 18, 2024
Franklin's walkoff homer lifts Canada 6-3 over the Netherlands at Softball World Cup
CASTIONS DI STRADA, ITALY - Larissa Franklin hit a walkoff home run in the seventh inning as Canada defeated the Netherlands 6-3 in the first game of the Softball World Cup super round on Thursday. Wi...
Jul 18, 2024
Alabama has executed man convicted of killing delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - A man convicted of fatally shooting a delivery driver during a robbery attempt in 1998 was executed Thursday evening in Alabama. Keith Edmund Gavin was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m....
Jul 18, 2024
RCMP on scene of a serious collision north of Slave Lake
Slave Lake RCMP are currently on the scene of what they call a serious motor vehicle collision.The crash involved two semis. It happened on Highway 88, approximately 10 kilometres north of Slave Lake....
Jul 18, 2024
South Korea restarts propaganda broadcasts across border in reaction to North's balloon launches
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea says it has restarted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in response to North Korea's resumption of trash-carrying balloons launches. South Ko...
Jul 18, 2024
Dan Brown makes late birdies for a 1-shot lead over Shane Lowry in wind-challenged British Open
TROON, Scotland (AP) - The wind caught just about everyone off guard Thursday in the British Open. It came from the opposite direction off the Irish Sea, accompanied by occasional rain, and made Royal...
Jul 18, 2024
Elks, Redblacks in different places heading into Week 7 rematch
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks and Edmonton Elks enter their CFL Week 7 rematch in very different places. The Redblacks (3-2) are on a high after a comeback 37-34 win in Edmonton on Sunday and have a c...
Jul 18, 2024
Police say two dead, one hurt in plane crash and fire at Tofino, B.C., airport
TOFINO, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - RCMP say two people are dead after the crash of a small aircraft at the Long Beach Airport in Tofino on Vancouver Island. Police say a third person has been seriousl...
Jul 18, 2024
Veteran defensive back DaShaun Amos back healthy with Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - DaShaun Amos and Royce Metchie are together again on the football field. The two are back starting alongside each other in the Toronto Argonauts' secondary. They also did so last year before...
Jul 18, 2024