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Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes
CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post plans to unveil a commemorative stamp today that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes. The stamp tells the...
Jan 23, 2020
Alberta privacy commissioner opens investigation into ID scans at liquor stores
EDMONTON - Alberta's privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into a liquor retailer's decision to test ID-scanning technology at its stores.Edmonton-based Alcanna Ltd., which runs Liquor Depo...
Jan 23, 2020
Storm end two game slide against Bobcats
The Grande Prairie Storm ended their two-game losing streak Wednesday night, defeating the Lloydminster Bobcats 3-2. The team was coming off back to back road games, that saw them face the Spruce Grov...
Jan 23, 2020 Storm forward Nathanial Bierd. Photo Credit: Shane Clausing
Tenille Townes to sing Canadian anthem at NHL All-Star Game
Grande Prairie native and country music star Tenille Townes will be singing the Canadian national anthem at the 2020 NHL All-Star Game this Saturday in St. Louis, Missouri. Townes took to social media...
Jan 23, 2020 Photo: Twitter / Tenille Townes / National Hockey League
Prison watchdog decries 'Indigenization' of Canada's correctional system
OTTAWA - The proportion of Indigenous people in federal custody has hit a record high of more than 30 per cent due to disturbing and entrenched imbalances, Canada's prison ombudsman warned Tuesday. Th...
Jan 23, 2020
At 90, Alaska Native woman is 1st counted in US Census
TOKSOOK BAY, Alaska - Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in the windswept western wilds of Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing ...
Jan 23, 2020
Parks Canada says no to gondola proposed from Banff townsite to Mount Norquay
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada has rejected a proposed gondola to take skiers and hikers from the Banff townsite to the summit at the Mount Norquay ski resort. The federal agency was consi...
Jan 23, 2020
Defender Rocco Romeo makes move to Toronto FC first team as homegrown player
TORONTO - Rocco Romeo, who served as a ball boy at Toronto FC games growing up, has signed a first-team contract with the MLS team as a homegrown player. The 19-year-old defender from Richmo...
Jan 23, 2020
Toronto Argonauts, Saskatchewan Roughriders to square off in Halifax
HALIFAX - The Toronto Argonauts and Saskatchewan Roughriders will play a regular-season game in Halifax this summer. The CFL announced Thursday the Argos and Roughriders will meet July 25 at...
Jan 23, 2020
Canadian golfer Graham DeLaet withdraws after injuring his troublesome back
SAN DIEGO - Graham DeLaet has withdrawn from the PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open with a back injury, a familiar issue for the Canadian golfer. DeLaet, who turned 38 on Wednesday, ...
Jan 23, 2020