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CSIS destroyed secret file on Pierre Trudeau, stunning historians
OTTAWA - Canada's spy service destroyed a Cold War dossier on Pierre Trudeau in 1989 instead of turning it over to the national archives, The Canadian Press has learned. The Canadian Se...
Jun 17, 2019
Busy week in Wheatbelt kicks off Monday in Peace River
After a couple of days off over the weekend for the Wheatbelt Baseball League the league will resume play Monday night.The Peace River Stampeders (6-3) are looking to inch closer to the first place Co...
Jun 17, 2019 (photo credit to Jeromy Corrigan)
Huge crowds gather in downtown Toronto for Raptors parade, rally
TORONTO - Jubilant Raptors fans decked out in the team's gear are jamming downtown Toronto this morning as they await the team's victory parade. Crowds packed the route and the square outsid...
Jun 17, 2019
WHL releases pre-season schedule; two games coming to Dawson Creek
The Western Hockey League has released their 2019 pre-season schedule and residents of the Peace Country will get a chance to see a pair of games come to the region.Announced earlier this year, the Ed...
Jun 17, 2019 Photo by Andy Devlin/Edmonton Oil Kings
Bensmiller gets his redemption, goes wire-to-wire to win 2019 Medicine Hat title
Kurt Bensmiller credits the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede track as the unofficial birthplace of his WPCA career and on Sunday afternoon that career came full circle.Bensmiller brought the cro...
Jun 17, 2019
After harsh Twitter exchanges, Senate will look at new social media policy
OTTAWA - An independent senator is on a mission to get members of Canada's upper house to stop being so nasty to each other on social media. Tony Dean says recent exchanges on Twitter involv...
Jun 17, 2019
In the news today, June 17
Four stories in the news for Monday, June 17 --- TORONTO SET TO MARK RAPTORS' WIN WITH PARADE Throngs of fans are expected to line the streets of Toronto today as the city celebrates it...
Jun 17, 2019
City Manager sets milestone summiting Everest from north face
Grande Prairie's City Manager is celebrating a milestone achievement.Horacio Galanti has recently become the first ever Argentinian born person to summit Mount Everest from both the south and north fa...
Jun 17, 2019 Grande Prairie City Manager Horacio Galanti became the first Argentinian to ever summit Mount Everest from both the north and south face (Photo: City of Grande Prairie)
Victorious Raptors cancel their return to Toronto after becoming NBA champs
TORONTO - Some Raptors players returned to Toronto on Saturday night for the first time since their electrifying NBA championship win south of the border. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, w...
Jun 17, 2019
Trevor Harris, Eskimos open season with 32-25 win against Alouettes
EDMONTON - The Trevor Harris era in Edmonton started on a positive note. Kenny Stafford reeled in a pair of touchdown passes from Harris as the new-look Eskimos survived a scare to begin the seas...
Jun 16, 2019