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Argos head coach Dinwiddie content with giving Chad Kelly chance to lead offence
TORONTO - McLeod Bethel-Thompson's decision to play in the fledgling USFL this season didn't catch Ryan Dinwiddie by surprise. The Toronto head coach said Thursday the Argonauts have known for about a...
Feb 23, 2023
Province says Alberta continues to smash investment records
The Alberta government says the province's technology and innovation sector broke records for a fourth straight year, attracting $729 million in investments in 2022, a 30 per cent increase over 2021.G...
Feb 23, 2023
Natural gas rates decline in March
The government says Alberta's natural gas rate is declining while affordability measures continue to help Albertans facing increases in the cost of living.In Alberta, March's highest monthly default n...
Feb 23, 2023
Alberta auditor general says staff shortages led to major care home problems during pandemic
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's auditor general says the province's continuing-care system struggled desperately to cope in the early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic mainly due to crippling staff shortages.Do...
Feb 23, 2023
‘Incredibly premature’ to consider drug decriminalization, Alberta police chiefs say
CALGARY, AB - The Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police says it believes, based on research it commissioned, that it would be "incredibly premature" to think about decriminalizing drugs.Instead, it ...
Feb 23, 2023
Auger-Aliassime through to semis at Qatar Open, next faces nemesis Medvedev
DOHA, Qatar - Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 7-6 (5) Thursday at the Qatar Open, setting up a semifinal against nemesis Daniil Medvedev. A...
Feb 23, 2023
Slave Lake Mounties look for tips in 43-year-old missing person case
RCMP in Slave Lake are once again asking for the public's help in solving a historic missing person case.Jeffrey Dupres, who was three years old at the time, went missing on April 24, 1980. He went to...
Feb 23, 2023
Class action against Quebec businessman accused of allegedly paying minors for sex
MONTREAL - A Montreal law firm has filed an application for a class-action lawsuit against a prominent Quebec businessman accused of allegedly paying minors for sex. Consumer Law Group is representing...
Feb 23, 2023
UN approves resolution calling for Russia to leave Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly approved a nonbinding resolution Thursday that calls for Russia to end hostilities in Ukraine and demands the withdrawal of its forces, sending a strong...
Feb 23, 2023
Quebec tribunal denies compensation to family of migrant worker who died on farm
MONTREAL - The family of a Guatemalan farm worker crushed to death trying to replace a flat tire on his employer's car says they are disappointed Quebec's labour tribunal denied them compensation. Mar...
Feb 23, 2023