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Three Peace region drivers in top five for sales at Calgary Stampede canvas auction
Kris Molle and Kurt Bensmiller at $170,000 each topped the bidding at last night's Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Chuckwagon Canvas Tarp Auction.Next came Cody Ridsdale at $140,000, Chanse Vigen at ...
Apr 14, 2023
Ottawa Senators disappointed to miss playoffs, but believe in team's future
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators are missing the playoffs for a sixth straight year, but unlike years past there's a belief this will be the last time for the foreseeable future. There's good reason for t...
Apr 14, 2023
A look at the bargaining demands ahead of potential strike by federal civil servants
OTTAWA - More than 120,000 federal public servants voted in favour of a countrywide strike mandate this week - and their union has made clear that wages are top of mind as it mulls whether to launch t...
Apr 14, 2023
Former B.C. paramedic gives advice on the 7th anniversary of the overdose crisis
VANCOUVER - A former Vancouver paramedic with decades of experience says he has watched as illicit drugs have become more toxic, requiring more effort and more overdose-reversing medication to save pe...
Apr 14, 2023
Canada's pledge to make more vaccines at home is still a work in progress
OTTAWA - The COVID-19 pandemic wasn't even six months old, and not a single vaccine for it had been approved for use anywhere, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to a podium in Montreal to promis...
Apr 14, 2023
CF Montreal turn to trade market ahead of crucial homestand
MONTREAL - With CF Montreal off to their worst start ever in Major League Soccer, something needed to change ahead of a three-game homestand beginning Saturday against D.C. United. Still rebuilding fr...
Apr 14, 2023
After a drubbing in L.A, the Whitecaps look to return to their winning ways in Austin
VANCOUVER - The last time the Vancouver Whitecaps won on the road in Major League Soccer play was June 2022. Since that long-ago victory - a 2-0 decision over Dallas FC at Toyota Stadium - the 'Caps h...
Apr 14, 2023
Dallas Eakins won't return to Anaheim Ducks after 4 seasons
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - Head coach Dallas Eakins will not return to the Anaheim Ducks after four consecutive losing seasons, the team announced Friday. One day after Anaheim finished in last place in th...
Apr 14, 2023
Telford says national security limits what she can say on foreign interference
OTTAWA - The prime minister's chief of staff took the hot seat today at a House committee that is tasked with studying alleged foreign interference. Katie Telford is testifying at the procedure and Ho...
Apr 14, 2023
Rouet rewarded with contract extension as coach of Canadian women's rugby team
Kevin Rouet, who coached Canada to a fourth-place finish at last year's Women's Rugby World Cup, has been rewarded with a contract extension through the 2025 tournament. Under the French-born Rouet, f...
Apr 14, 2023