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Matthews scores twice as Leafs beat Wild 3-1 to end losing streak
TORONTO - Little has gone right for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the past week. The team was stuck in a slump with a three-game losing streak. Defenceman Jake Muzzin suffered his second concussion in fi...
Feb 24, 2022
Grande Prairie records 26 recovered COVID-19 cases, eight new
The City of Grande Prairie recorded 26 COVID-19 recoveries and eight new cases from February 23. There are 171 active cases in the city.In the County of Grande Prairie there were three recoveries and ...
Feb 24, 2022
Edmonton police say innocent man killed after officers fire on robbery suspect
EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton say officers shot and killed a robbery suspect last night, and an innocent man in a nearby apartment building was also hit by gunfire and died in hospital.Chief Dale McFe...
Feb 24, 2022
Canada’s overall farm income forecast to see record growth in 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - Even in the face of many challenges in 2021, Canada's agriculture sector contributed nearly $140 billion to the national economy, and was responsible for more than 2 million jobs acr...
Feb 24, 2022
Manning RCMP employee presents Quilt of Valour to local Veteran
A Manning RCMP Public Servant employee has presented a Quilt of Valour, which she made herself, to a local Veteran.Raylene Landry, who is also a representative of the Quilts of Valour Canada, gave the...
Feb 24, 2022
CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matte...
Feb 24, 2022
Toronto Raptors player Svi Mykhailiuk condemns Russian attack on Ukraine
Svi Mykhailiuk of the Toronto Raptors has condemned the Russian attack on his Ukrainian homeland. On his Instagram account on Thursday, Mykhailiuk posted a joint statement with fellow Ukrainian NBA pl...
Feb 24, 2022
Michael Moldaver to retire from Supreme Court of Canada in September
OTTAWA - Justice Michael Moldaver plans to step down from the Supreme Court of Canada on Sept. 1, a few months before he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 75. Chief Justice Richard Wagner says M...
Feb 24, 2022
'We are all Ukrainian,' envoy tells Canada as he laments breakdown in world order
OTTAWA - As the world watched war arrive in Ukraine, Andrii Bukvych was hearing first-hand accounts from family and loved ones in Kyiv. His mother, his sister and her son could hear the explosions, wh...
Feb 24, 2022
Budget 2022: Alberta Government unveils full financial plan
Alberta's UCP-led government tabled its 2022 budget in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, with an estimated value of $62.6 billion.That includes a $500 million surplus for 2022/23, with slightly la...
Feb 24, 2022