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Brewers eye 1st win of the season against Dodgers
After having the long weekend off the Wheatbelt Baseball League will resume play Tuesday evening with a pair of games on the schedule.The County Brewers will be looking to get their first notch in the...
May 21, 2019
Alberta legislature session to begin under new Premier Jason Kenney
The Alberta legislature is to start a new session today with a lot of new faces and a new government in charge.Premier Jason Kenney and the 63 members of his United Conservative caucus are to be sworn...
May 21, 2019
Growing wildfire prompts evacuation of High Level, Alta.
Approximately 4,000 residents of a northern Alberta town are being told to leave due to the threat of an encroaching wildfire.People are being told to leave High Level on Highway 58 east of the town, ...
May 21, 2019
5 members of St.Joes Celtics win Senior Bowl with Team North
It was a busy May long weekend for a few members of the St.Joe's Celtics as they were down in Calgary for the annual Senior Bowl which puts the best football players of the North against the best foot...
May 21, 2019 (photo credit to Football Alberta)
"Fun Guy" Kawhi the latest example of NBA branding
TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard's likeness looks down from some 10 storeys high over Yonge-Dundas Square in the heart of downtown Toronto. Arms crossed. Serious face. The tagline reads: "Fun Gu...
May 21, 2019
GPREP called in to help with High Level wildfire
The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership (GPREP) has been activated to assist with the High Level fire.Thousands of people are out of their homes near High Level, after a threatening wildfire...
May 21, 2019 (Photo credit: Facebook/Deb Stecyk)
Former Obama official Susan Rice has book out in October
NEW YORK - Susan E. Rice, the former national security adviser and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has a book coming out this fall. "Tough Love" will be published Oct. 8, Simon & Schuster a...
May 21, 2019
Jamie Oliver's UK restaurant chain collapses into insolvency
LONDON - Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's British restaurant chain has become insolvent, putting 1,300 jobs at risk. The firm said Tuesday that it had gone into administration, a form of bankruptcy prote...
May 21, 2019
Preliminary phase of Lionel Desmond inquiry begins in Nova Scotia
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry begins its investigation today into the death of an Afghan war veteran who killed his family and himself more than two years ago in Nova Scotia. The provincial...
May 21, 2019
Crime watch asking people to take precautions during seeding
The Beaverlodge Rural Crime Watch Association is offering advice to keep property safe during seeding.President Leanne Van Wagner says one thing people need to do is take the keys out of their trucks ...
May 21, 2019