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Different herd of Elks ready to welcome B.C. Lions to Edmonton on Sunday
EDMONTON - It will be a different, much improved and more confident Edmonton Elks team awaiting the B.C. Lions on Sunday. Edmonton lost to the Lions 31-14 in Vancouver in Week 1 of the Canadian Footba...
Jul 12, 2025
Fike leads WPCA aggregate at Teepee Creek, Vigen still leads in Calgary
Jordie Fike is the leader after Night 1 of the World Professional Chuckwagon Association races at the Teepee Creek Stampede.Fike broke a 26-year-old WPCA track record set by Larry Clegg with a clockin...
Jul 12, 2025
Tour de France: Jonathan Milan wins Stage 8 in a sprint finish
LAVAL, France (AP) - Italian rider Jonathan Milan timed his attack perfectly to win the eighth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Saturday. Milan overtook Australian Kaden Groves on his...
Jul 12, 2025
Iga Swiatek defeats Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon title
LONDON (AP) - For years, Iga Swiatek never quite felt comfortable on Wimbledon's grass courts, never thought she could add a trophy there to her other Grand Slam triumphs. Oh, did that turn out to be ...
Jul 12, 2025
Boeing settles with a man whose family died in a 737 Max crash in Ethiopia
CHICAGO (AP) - Boeing reached a settlement Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to a devastating ...
Jul 12, 2025
Roughriders-Stampeders game moved to Saturday matinee due to poor air quality
REGINA - The Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders will likely face each other this afternoon after last night's game was postponed because of wildfire smoke. An agreement between the CFL an...
Jul 12, 2025
Quebec college faces $30 million in fines for too many students in English programs
MONTREAL - A Montreal college is facing $30 million in fines from the Quebec government for having too many students in its English-language programs. LaSalle College says the fines threaten the survi...
Jul 12, 2025
GPES enforcing bylaw against Jake Brakes in Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie Enforcement Services is stepping up efforts to address excessive vehicle noise from engine retarder brakes.Truck drivers that use these brakes, commonly known as "Jake Brakes" while wit...
Jul 12, 2025
Iga Swiatek defeats Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon title
LONDON (AP) - Iga Swiatek won her first Wimbledon championship with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Amanda Anisimova on Saturday in the first women's final at the tournament in 114 years in which one player f...
Jul 12, 2025
Iga Swiatek defeats Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon title
LONDON (AP) - Iga Swiatek won her first Wimbledon championship with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Amanda Anisimova on Saturday in the first women's final at the tournament in 114 years in which one player f...
Jul 12, 2025