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Montreal Impact eliminated from MLS playoffs following draw with Atlanta
MONTREAL - Coach Wilmer Cabrera believes the Montreal Impact's lack of offensive talent cost them a spot in the MLS playoffs. The Impact (11-17-5) were officially eliminated from post-season contentio...
Oct 01, 2019

Demonstrators clash outside PPC Leader Maxime Bernier event at Hamilton college
HAMILTON - A protest outside an event by People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier took a violent turn Sunday evening as demonstrators clashed with supporters and those attending, with several pe...
Oct 01, 2019

Edmonton photo radar supervisor found guilty of kidnapping and sexual assault
A photo radar supervisor in Edmonton has been found of guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman he pulled over in June 2017.Paul Derksen was charged after a 27-year-old woman said an offic...
Oct 01, 2019

Southern Alberta man facing sex charges involving children and animals
A man from southern Alberta is facing multiple sex charges involving a child and animals.Police say the man was arrested after a search on Saturday of a Medicine Hat home where computers and electroni...
Oct 01, 2019

Kenney pleads for national unity during speech to Calgary business crowd
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says federal party leaders who would let provinces block new pipelines are ignoring the Constitution. Kenney made a plea for national unity during a speech ...
Oct 01, 2019

Mentally ill killer of five people in Calgary can be eased into community: board
EDMONTON - A review board has ruled that a mentally ill man found not criminally responsible after killing five young people in Calgary can be eased back into the community. With prior approval, ...
Oct 01, 2019

Expanded Peace Curling Tour returns this month
The Peace Curling Tour will start with the Grande Prairie Cash Spiel Thanksgiving weekend.Play will start October 11 and run through the 13. The entry deadline is October 7.The Tour has added a fifth ...
Oct 01, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Smoak drives in three runs vs. Rays in potential final game as Blue Jay
TORONTO - Justin Smoak left the field to a standing ovation Sunday but didn't return for the customary curtain call that's become expected of a player who's likely played his final game in a...
Oct 01, 2019

UAW strike could cost GM about $1 billion - and counting
DETROIT - With the United Auto Workers' strike against General Motors in its third week, pressure is mounting on both sides to reach a deal, with the company losing an estimated $1 billion and workers...
Oct 01, 2019

New-look Vancouver Canucks confident heading into season opener
VANCOUVER - While Quinn Hughes is looking forward to his rookie season, the young Vancouver Canucks defenceman isn't relishing his first assignment of the year - defending Oilers juggernaut&...
Oct 01, 2019