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Voting deadline looms in race to replace Jason Kenney as Alberta UCP leader, premier
It's deadline day to buy $10 Alberta United Conservative Party (UCP) memberships to vote for the next leader and premier.The party is accepting drop-offs until 5:00 p.m. and online memberships until m...
Aug 12, 2022
Alzheimer’s Society contributing $5M for dementia research in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories is partnering with Campus Alberta Neuroscience to launch a funding competition for innovative research. Starting in Septembe...
Aug 12, 2022
Part of Hwy 93 north of Lake Louise collapses into river
LAKE LOUISE, AB - Crews spent much of the morning on Friday, August 12, 2022, getting traffic back into order after part of a highway collapsed.511 Alberta reports that there is a washout on Highway 9...
Aug 12, 2022
Dispute over athlete agreement has bobsled pilot without funding for four months
Chris Spring is a four-time Olympian who's competed for Canada in bobsled for close to a decade. But for the past four months, he's received no federal funding due to a dispute over his athlete's agre...
Aug 12, 2022
Toronto FC looks to put an end to Portland Timbers' 10-game unbeaten streak
Toronto FC's new high-flying offence and somewhat improved defence gets a test Saturday in the form of the visiting Portland Timbers. The Timbers (7-6-12) are unbeaten in their last 10 league games (4...
Aug 12, 2022
Grande Prairie RCMP report fatal collision
On Friday, August 12, 2022, the Grande Prairie RCMP along with Emergency Services responded to a single vehicle that had gone off a back road in the County of Grande Prairie.The collision was at Towns...
Aug 12, 2022
Ruud Awakening: Canada's Auger-Aliassime falls to Norwegian at National Bank Open
MONTREAL - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the National Bank Open after dropping a 6-1, 6-2 decision to Norway's Casper Ruud in quarterfinal play Friday at IGA Stadium. The Montrealer was the...
Aug 12, 2022
Canada considered jobs, inflation in decision to return Russian turbine: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that Ottawa considered the impact on Canadian jobs and global inflation in its decision to return a turbine being repaired in Montreal to a Russian energy giant....
Aug 12, 2022
City of Iqaluit declares emergency due to water shortage
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit has declared a state of emergency due to a water shortage. The Nunavut capital says there has been a lack of precipitation this summer and flows in the Apex Rive...
Aug 12, 2022
Two-time champion Simona Halep advances past Coco Gauff at National Bank Open
TORONTO - Two-time champion Simona Halep has moved on to the semifinals of the National Bank Open. The Romanian player dispatched Coco Gauff of the United States 6-4, 7-6 on Friday. The 30-year-old Ha...
Aug 12, 2022