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Virus may have US sports leagues cutting locker-room access
MIAMI - The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer are all weighing plans to restrict access to locker rooms as a precaution to protect players from exposure to the coronavirus, as co...
Mar 09, 2020

Beaverlodge's Geoff Walker reacts to winning third Brier in four years
Beaverlodge's Geoff Walker is once again a Brier champion.Sunday in Kingston, Ontario, Walker and his teammates from Newfoundland and Labrador defeated Brenden Bottcher and Alberta 8-3 in the champion...
Mar 09, 2020 Beaverlodge's Geoff Walker celebrates Brier championship with friends and family in Kingston, Ontario. (Photo: Facebook / Curling Canada)

Finance minister says gov will provide steady hand amid oil price meltdown
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta's finance minister was in Medicine Hat Monday but even as he spoke to a gathered crowd of about 50 residents, oil prices were tanking with Opposition Leader Rachel Notley ca...
Mar 09, 2020

Zeppelin wins latest battle of the bands in `Stairway' fight
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court on Monday restored a jury verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not steal "Stairway to Heaven." The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco handed the ma...
Mar 09, 2020

Father, stepmother will head straight to trial in death of Quebec 7-year-old
GRANBY, Que. - The father and stepmother of a slain seven-year-old Quebec girl will head straight to trial after they waived their right to a preliminary inquiry. The pair briefly retur...
Mar 09, 2020

Canada downs Wales to stay unheated on Day 1 of HSBC Rugby Sevens
VANCOUVER - Canada looked to be in the driver's seat, but took no chances, pounding Wales 29-7 Saturday to finish unbeaten in Saturday's opening day of the HSBC Canada Sevens Rugby tournament. Th...
Mar 09, 2020

Alberta's Chief Medical Officer says stocking up amid coronavirus concerns not necessary
Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health has announced that all seven cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the province. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says four of the cases are in the Calgary Zone while the...
Mar 09, 2020 Some grocery stores have run out of items such as toilet paper as the number of COVID-19 cases rise. (EverythingGP Staff)

Injured Bianca Andreescu drops out of Indian Wells, won't defend title
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada's Bianca Andreescu will not defend her title at the BNP Paribas Open because of a lingering left knee injury. The reigning U.S. Open champion dropped out of the WTA Tour ...
Mar 09, 2020

Alberta's opioid treatment program to end in 2021
CALGARY - An Alberta pilot program meant to help some of the toughest-to-treat opioid users will end in a year.The Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment grant, announced under the former NDP government,...
Mar 09, 2020

Alberta Pond Hockey Championship once again viewed as success
After three days and over a hundred hockey games on 15 sheets of ice, the Alberta Pond Hockey Championship came to an end Sunday, and was once again viewed as a big success for the community of Grimsh...
Mar 09, 2020 Alberta Pond Hockey Championships in Grimshaw, Alberta. Photo Credit: Alberta Pond Hockey Championships Facebook.