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Carabins, Thunderbirds among those in action as U Sports football playoffs continue
The defending Vanier Cup-champion Montreal Carabins, the 2023 runner-up UBC Thunderbirds and the undefeated Laurier Golden Hawks are among the U Sports football teams in conference semifinal action th...
Nov 01, 2024
Mobile mammography unit in Silver Valley November 1
Women In Saddle Hills County at risk of developing breast cancer will have local access to mammography services Friday, November 1.Alberta Health Services Screen Test is bringing a mobile mammography ...
Nov 01, 2024
Hythe water shutoff rescheduled to November 1
Hythe residents will again be without water for several hours on Friday, November 1.The shutoff, to accommodate a valve replacement project along 106 Street and 101 Avenue, originally set for Thursday...
Nov 01, 2024
Grande Prairie woman hoping to give people with disabilities a voice through pageantry
A Grande Prairie woman is hoping she can "give the disability community a better voice than ever" by competing in pageants.Kiaira Julieanna says she was inspired when she came across Personality Pagea...
Nov 01, 2024
Vince Carter inspired Canadians to new heights, leading to current NBA boom
TORONTO - Ask any Canadian playing in the NBA about Vince Carter and they'll tell you they're there because of him. And there are a lot of them. Carter will have his Toronto Raptors jersey retired in ...
Nov 01, 2024
Moreno, Albazi take different roads to UFC Fight Night main event in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Brandon (The Assassin Baby) Moreno has pretty much done it all in the UFC. The 30-year-old Mexican has been cut by the promotion, won and lost the flyweight title and then won and lost the ...
Nov 01, 2024
Impact of Vince Carter still felt in Canadian recreational basketball
TORONTO - Glen Grunwald's expectations were low for Vince Carter's pre-draft workout with the Toronto Raptors. Not because Carter didn't have the skills or athleticism to be an impact player - he had ...
Nov 01, 2024
Palestinian hospitals: Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza rises to 25 as more bodies recovered
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The death toll from Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip rose to 25, including five children, as more bodies have been recovered, hospital officials said Friday. ...
Nov 01, 2024
Palestinian hospitals: Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza rises to 25 as more bodies recovered
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hospital officials in Gaza said on Friday that the death toll from Israeli strikes on the central parts of the territory the day before has risen from 16 to 25 as more...
Nov 01, 2024
New Brunswick woman who lost two sons to PTSD named national Silver Cross Mother
Maureen Anderson lost both her sons to their overseas service in the Canadian Army, even if they died years later and a continent away from the hot dust and violence of the Afghanistan war. Growing up...
Nov 01, 2024