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Grande Prairie Curling Centre hosting U15 provincials
Eighteen rinks from across Alberta are in Grande Prairie for the U15 curling provincials.They got going Thursday and will run through Sunday at the Grande Prairie Curling Centre.There are five rinks f...
Mar 9, 2023
Law delaying expansion of assisted dying regime to March 2024 passes
OTTAWA - A Liberal bill to delay the planned expansion of Canada's medically assisted dying regime has passed third reading in the Senate. The expansion, which was originally slated for March 17, woul...
Mar 9, 2023
Germany: Deaths, injuries in shooting inside Hamburg church
BERLIN (AP) - Shots were fired inside a church in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday night, and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded, police said. Police said on Twitter...
Mar 9, 2023
St-Onge, COC respond to letter calling for hard ban of Russian, Belarusian athletes
Canada's sport minister and the Canadian Olympic Committee have restated that Russia and Belarus should be excluded from the next Olympics, but differ on if athletes from those countries could be allo...
Mar 9, 2023
Split verdict for ex-Fox execs in soccer rights bribe case
NEW YORK (AP) - A former Fox executive was convicted Thursday of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to nab broadcasting rights to the World Cup and other top soccer matches. A second ex-exec...
Mar 9, 2023
Northern Ontario's Tanner Horgan books playoff ticket at Tim Hortons Brier
LONDON, Ont. - Northern Ontario coach Mike Harris didn't say a word when Tanner Horgan vented some frustration by smacking the top of a water bottle a few times after giving up a mid-game steal on Thu...
Mar 9, 2023
Prospects Taylor, Brodrique set for their CFL audition at national combine
Jake Taylor won't have to venture far to participate in the CFL's national combine. The versatile University of Alberta Golden Bear will be among 87 prospects participating in the combine March 21-25 ...
Mar 9, 2023
New units formed under ALERT to address gang violence in Alberta
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government has announced an initiative aimed at tackling gang violence.The province said gang activity has been steadily rising, with 126 shootings reported in Calgary in 20...
Mar 9, 2023
Province announces funding for affordable housing units, Falher project included
The province says $54 million is going into 17 projects meant to create 600 new affordable housing units across Alberta.There is one project in the Peace Country on the list.There is $1.2 million goin...
Mar 9, 2023
Poulin leads experienced Team Canada in quest for third straight women's hockey title
CALGARY - Captain Marie-Philip Poulin will lead an experienced squad when Canada seeks its third straight women's world hockey title next month. Hockey Canada released its 23-player roster for the tou...
Mar 9, 2023