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Argos QB Kelly to start Thursday after returning from suspension
TORONTO - Argonauts coach Ryan Dinwiddie says recently reinstated quarterback Chad Kelly will start Thursday when Toronto hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The league announced Sunday that Kelly is ...
Aug 20, 2024
Grande Prairie Reception Centre amalgamating into the Edmonton Reception Centre for Jasper evacuees August 24
Jasper evacuees in Grande Prairie are being invited to travel to Edmonton for further accommodations.Starting Saturday, the Grande Prairie Reception Centre at Holiday Inn & Suites will be amalgama...
Aug 20, 2024
Canada to play soccer friendly against Panama at BMO Field in October
TORONTO - The Canadian men's soccer team will play a friendly match against Panama at Toronto's BMO Field during the upcoming FIFA window. Canada Soccer announced the Oct. 15 match in a release on Tue...
Aug 20, 2024
House committee meeting about purchase of New York City condo for consul general
OTTAWA - Senior public servants have been called to a House of Commons committee to explain the government's decision to buy a $9-million condo for the consul general in New York. Conservative MP Mich...
Aug 20, 2024
Legault announces six-month freeze on some temporary foreign workers in Montreal
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is announcing a six-month freeze on certain temporary foreign worker applications in Montreal. The premier says the moratorium will apply to new applications ...
Aug 20, 2024
Army and police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shootings, final report says
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Both the Army Reserves and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene and potentially stop the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report rel...
Aug 20, 2024
Vigen wins Battle of the Rockies for second consecutive year
Grande Prairie product Chanse Vigen is on a hot streak heading into the final racing weekend of the chuckwagon season at the end of the month in Ponoka.Vigen has pulled off winning the Rocky Mountain ...
Aug 20, 2024
Broberg, Holloway join Blues after Oilers decline to match offer sheets
EDMONTON - Defenceman Philip Broberg and forward Dylan Holloway have joined St. Louis after the Edmonton Oilers declined to match the offer sheets that the Blues extended to the players. The Blues ten...
Aug 20, 2024
Canada’s inflation rate fell to 2.5% in July, lowest since March 2021
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate fell to 2.5 per cent last month, matching forecasters' expectations as price pressures continue to retreat. Tuesday's consumer price index report says prices fo...
Aug 20, 2024
A German court upholds the conviction of a former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, age 99
BERLIN (AP) - A German court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of...
Aug 20, 2024