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Lions not looking at past mistakes ahead of playoff tilt against Stampeders
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions aren't looking back as they enter the Canadian Football League playoffs. The Lions (12-6) ended their season with a 41-16 loss to the Calgary Stampeders and will face off ag...
Nov 2, 2023
House approves $14.5 billion in assistance for Israel as Biden vows to veto the GOP's approach
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House approved $14.5 billion in military aid Thursday for Israel, a muscular U.S. response to the war with Hamas but also a partisan approach by new Speaker Mike Johnson that pos...
Nov 2, 2023
Province proposes legislation aimed at protecting Albertans’ pensions
EDMONTON, AB - New legislation proposed by the province would guarantee that the government would not launch an Alberta Pension Plan (APP) unless Albertans voted in favour of it in a referendum.The Al...
Nov 2, 2023
AHS says no doctor will be at the Fairview Health Complex ED for part of Friday
Alberta Health Services says the emergency department at the Fairview Health Complex will be without a doctor from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Friday November 3.AHS says people can still call 911 in an emerge...
Nov 2, 2023
Winnipeg's Collaros, Toronto's Kelly lead CFL Divisional All-Stars
TORONTO - Winnipeg's Zach Collaros and Toronto's Chad Kelly were named quarterbacks of the CFL's Divisional All-Star teams Thursday. Collaros, who has won the last two CFL outstanding player awards, i...
Nov 2, 2023
Wildfire season ends, fire watchers still urging caution
Fire watchers say safe burning practices are always in season, even though wildfire season ended October 31.From now until March 1, permits for burning are not required in the Forest Protection Area o...
Nov 2, 2023
No evidence of mechanical failure in plane crash that killed North Dakota lawmaker, report says
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Federal investigators say they found no evidence of a mechanical failure before a North Dakota state senator's plane crashed in Utah last month, killing him, his wife and their t...
Nov 2, 2023
Here are the six candidates running to be Assembly of First Nations national chief
OTTAWA - The chief electoral officer with the Assembly of First Nations says it has received nomination papers from six candidates vying to be the next national chief of the organization that represen...
Nov 2, 2023
Heralded Canadian filly Moira chasing Breeders' Cup success
ARCADIA, Calif. - He's won the King's Plate, Woodbine Oaks and Prince of Wales Stakes but a Breeders' Cup victory would be a crowning achievement for Canadian trainer Kevin Attard. "Being Canadian, th...
Nov 2, 2023
NDP to back Tory motion calling for carbon price off all heat sources
OTTAWA - The New Democrats say they will back the Conservatives on a motion to pull the carbon price off all home heating until after the next election. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tabled the...
Nov 2, 2023