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Alberta Sports Hall of Fame to induct special class of overdue names at 'Legends Unveiled'
The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame will hold a first-time ever, very special ceremony this September, to induct a group of legends who should've had their name called by now.The event is called 'Legends ...
Jul 23, 2025
Local author featured in anthology collection
A Beaverlodge resident will have her writing published in an anthology collection from the Alberta Romance Writers' Association.Kirsten Clark's short story On the Straight and Narrow will be included ...
Jul 23, 2025
CPL's Vancouver FC fires head coach Afshin Ghotbi, hires Martin Nash
VANCOUVER - Canadian Premier League club Vancouver FC has fired its first-ever head coach, Afshin Ghotbi. The team announced the move Wednesday, saying Martin Nash will take over as interim head coach...
Jul 23, 2025
Medical camp for young people underway in Grande Prairie
A medical camp for 50 students from the Peace in on until Friday, July 25, in Grande Prairie.They are learning about working in medicine from students from the University of Alberta's medicine program...
Jul 23, 2025
Changes to AgriStability, internal trade among discussion items at meeting of Canada's agriculture ministers
Canada's agriculture ministers agreed to some enhancements to the AgriStability program at a meeting held virtually on Thursday.A release from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says the rate of compens...
Jul 23, 2025
Province hoping to turn waste into economic growth
The Alberta government is hoping new funding will reduce and reuse waste and transform the province's resources into new products.As Alberta's circular economy continues to grow, provincial officials ...
Jul 23, 2025
Ottawa threatens to pull Toronto's housing funding over sixplex decision
OTTAWA - Claiming the city is falling short on its promise to ramp up density, Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson is threatening to pull some of Toronto's housing funding. In a letter to Toront...
Jul 23, 2025
Judge bars ICE from immediately taking Abrego Garcia into custody if he’s released from jail
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A federal judge in Maryland has prohibited the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immediate immigration custody if he's released from jail in Tennessee wh...
Jul 23, 2025
Judge rejects Trump administration effort to unseal Epstein grand jury records in Florida
A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, though a similar records request is pending i...
Jul 23, 2025
Veteran receiver Kenny Lawler making an immediate impact with Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Kenny Lawler hasn't wasted any time making an impact with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, The six-foot-one, 180-pound receiver, who signed a two-year deal with Hamilton (4-2) in free agency, leads the CFL in...
Jul 23, 2025