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Alberta launches second round of funding to Indigenous and small communities
Alberta's government is providing a $3 million to Indigenous and small communities in rural Alberta in an effort to support local economic development.This is the second round of grants to be distribu...
Sep 25, 2024
LaGrange says more work to do on doctor pay deal
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says there's more work to be done before a new compensation contract for Alberta's doctors is finalized. LaGrange says she has to make sure the new deal, which was agr...
Sep 25, 2024
Homan kicks off PointsBet women's championship defence with 11-2 win over Wood
CALGARY - Rachel Homan opened defence of her women's curling title at the PointsBet Invitational with an 11-2 win over Gabby Wood. The single-knockout event pitted Canadian and world champion Homan ag...
Sep 25, 2024
Experts: International team needs fast start to end skid at Presidents Cup
L'LE-BIZARD-SAINTE-GENEVIVE, Que. - It has been 26 long years since the International team last won the Presidents Cup, but, according to a pair of golf experts, there is a road map to ending that dro...
Sep 25, 2024
Canada's Pendrith, Conners to play last matches of first round at Presidents Cup
L'LE-BIZARD-SAINTE-GENEVIVE, Que. - Unsurprisingly, the golfers on the International team have turned to hockey as a bonding experience as the Presidents Cup returns to Canada for the first time in 17...
Sep 25, 2024
Haiti-born engineer named as next senator from Quebec
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named a civil engineer who grew up in Haiti as the next senator from Quebec. Suze Youance will sit as an independent in the upper chamber. She immigrated to ...
Sep 25, 2024
200 speeding tickets handed out in Grande Prairie school zones in first two weeks of September
Grande Prairie Enforcement Services is again reminding drivers to watch their speed in school zones.Enforcement Services says it handed out 200 tickets for speeding in school zones in the first two we...
Sep 25, 2024
Blue Jays shortstop Bichette to undergo surgery to repair fractured finger
TORONTO - Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette was scheduled to undergo surgery Wednesday to repair a right middle finger fracture. Bichette suffered the season-ending injury last week while taking...
Sep 25, 2024
Local players at big curling event in Calgary
Curling Canada's single knock-out Invitational is underway in Calgary.Team Gushue, with Beaverlodge's Geoff Walker at lead, will play it's first game Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m. against the Dan She...
Sep 25, 2024
Climate change made some heat waves at least 10 times more likely: Environment Canada
A new rapid analysis says climate change made August heat waves over some of Canada's most northern - and rapidly warming - regions at least 10 times more likely. Environment and Climate Change Canada...
Sep 25, 2024