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Cannabis edges out alcohol as the most common impairing substance: driver study
FREDERICTON - A six-year analysis of more than 10,000 Canadian drivers involved in motor vehicle collisions suggests cannabis has edged out alcohol as the most common impairing substance detected thro...
Jun 24, 2024
Fernandez through to second round at Eastbourne, Andreescu loses in Bad Homburg
Canada's Leylah Fernandez continued her Wimbledon preparation with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win over seventh seed Barbora Krejcikova on first-round action Monday at the Rothesay International grass-court tenni...
Jun 24, 2024
Zaccagni scores in injury time for Italy to advance at Euro 2024 with draw against Croatia
LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) - Italy substitute Mattia Zaccagni scored in the last minute of stoppage time for Italy to advance to the knockout stage of Euro 2024 after drawing Croatia 1-1 on Monday. Luka Mo...
Jun 24, 2024
Self-government comes for northwest B.C. First Nation in proposed treaty
TERRACE - A British Columbia First Nation has agreed to a draft treaty with the federal and provincial governments that would give it more than 38,000 hectares of land in the province's northwest. The...
Jun 24, 2024
Much-changed Spain beats Albania 1-0 at Euro 2024 to finish perfect group stage
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Spain changed almost its entire lineup and still kept up its victorious start to Euro 2024 with a 1-0 win over Albania, which was eliminated. With his team already assured ...
Jun 24, 2024
Croatia star Luka Modric becomes the oldest goal-scorer at a European Championship
LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) - Croatia veteran Luka Modric has scored against Italy to become the oldest goal-scorer ever at a European Championship. Modric, who is 38 years, 289 days old, claimed the openin...
Jun 24, 2024
Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Monday to block Louisiana's new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, a measure they c...
Jun 24, 2024
‘Bulldozing our history’: Man working to restore Nanton’s grain elevators
NANTON, AB - When Leo Wieser worked in the movie biz, he built a million-dollar swimming pool that was used for one day.Now he's fighting to raise at least that much, entering contests, running raffle...
Jun 24, 2024
UPDATE 2: RCMP say Lakeland Drive is open again after closing because of a crash, gas leak
UPDATE 2:Grande Prairie RCMP say Lakeland Drive is open again and a gas line leak has been repaired after a vehicle went into an excavation near the Lakeland Drive culvert today.Mounties say it happen...
Jun 24, 2024
Alberta's population likely to reach 7 million by 2048: StatCan
The province could continue to see steady population growth over the next 24 years.That is according to new population estimates released by Statistics Canada (StatCan).As of April 1, 2024, Alberta wa...
Jun 24, 2024