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Local products playing at Saville Shootout this weekend
Curling returns this weekend with events that include the Saville Shootout in Edmonton.Some players with Peace Country connections are taking part.Team Skrlik, which includes Nampa-raised sisters Kayl...
Sep 8, 2023

Court update: Sentences given in murder and manslaughter cases
Life with no parole for 25 years sentence for fourth accused in Clairmont man's murderAlberta Justice says Cody Letourneau has been given a sentence of life with no chance of parole for 25 years.Letou...
Sep 8, 2023

Evergreen Park hosting barrel racing championships this weekend
Evergreen Park is hosting the Peace Country Barrel Racing Association championships this weekend. The first round is at noon Friday. Racing will then start at 10 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday.There ...
Sep 8, 2023

MATCHDAY: Spalletti makes Italy debut in North Macedonia. Lukaku leads Belgium in Azerbaijan
A look at what's happening in European Championship qualifying on Saturday: GROUP C New Italy coach Luciano Spalletti makes his debut when the Azzurri visit North Macedonia. It's a rematch of the game...
Sep 8, 2023

Canada's sports minister tells hockey leaders at summit to "step up"
CALGARY - Canada's new sports minister isn't ready to laud Hockey Canada on its efforts to change the sport's culture. "Nobody's going to hear me congratulate anybody on what's been done so far becaus...
Sep 8, 2023

Canada falls to Serbia 95-86 in basketball World Cup semifinal
MANILA, Philippines - Canada lost to Serbia 95-86 in the semifinals of the FIBA Men's Basketball World Cup on Friday. The Canadian team will play either the United States or Germany in Sunday's bronze...
Sep 8, 2023

In the news today: Trudeau at G20 in New Delhi, "Freedom Convoy" trial
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Trudeau suggests he would raise issue of foreign interference with India's PM M...
Sep 8, 2023

'Freedom Convoy' lawyers to argue admissibility of Facebook evidence
OTTAWA - Day four of the criminal trial of "Freedom Convoy" organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber is set to focus on whether Facebook content should be entered into evidence. Lich and Barber helped ...
Sep 8, 2023

Pierre Poilievre to deliver first speech as leader to Conservative convention
QUEBEC - Conservatives gathered for the federal party's national policy convention in Quebec City today will hear not only from their leader later, but from a man who at one time wanted that job himse...
Sep 8, 2023

Trudeau suggests he would raise issue of foreign interference with India's PM Modi
SINGAPORE - Hours before he was set to board a flight to New Delhi on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had not yet secured a meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But he suggested th...
Sep 8, 2023