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Calgary and Edmonton city councils make friendly wager on NHL playoffs
CALGARY - The Battle of Alberta is back with a friendly hockey wager between the city councils in Calgary and Edmonton. The Calgary Flames will play the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL's Western Conference...
May 16, 2022
Alberta man pleads guilty to killing woman and her 16-month-old son
HINTON, Alta. - An Alberta man has pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of a woman and her 16-month-old son. Robert Major entered the pleas in court today, and prosecutors...
May 16, 2022
Melfort Comets Football hosts first-ever alumni game
The Melfort Comets Football team held their first-ever alumni game recently and raised roughly $15,000, which will go towards rebuilding a brand new announcing booth.According to the Comets, the curre...
May 16, 2022
Residential school site searches so far just 'tip of the iceberg': Miller
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says the searches on the grounds of former residential schools to date are just the beginning. Nearly one year ago, the Tk'emlps te Secwpemc Na...
May 16, 2022
Canadian-born midfielder Marcelo Flores chooses Mexico over Canada and England
TORONTO - Canadian-born Marcelo Flores, who plays for Arsenal's under-23 side, says he wants to play internationally for Mexico. Canada had hoped to secure the services of the 18-year-old attacking mi...
May 16, 2022
Vigil reaches far and wide as search for Frank Young continues
A quickly planned vigil for a missing five-year-old from Red Earth First Nation east of Carrot River has reached far and wide, with organizers getting messages from as far away as Australia.Sheryl Kim...
May 16, 2022
Saskatchewan First Nation asks for Army Rangers to help in search for missing boy
PRINCE ALBERT - A Saskatchewan First Nation says it has asked the federal government to send in the Canadian Rangers to help search for a missing five-year-old boy. Chief Fabian Head of Red Earth Cree...
May 16, 2022
Tory leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre denounces 'white replacement theory'
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is denouncing the "white replacement theory" believed to be a motive for a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., as "ugly and disgusting hate-mongering." In a statement today, the ...
May 16, 2022
Canada prepared to send ships to Romanian ports to help export Ukraine's wheat — Joly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada is prepared to send ships to help Ukraine export its wheat to the developing world. Joly says she has held talks with other G7 and European na...
May 16, 2022
Advisory board for next top court judge to include Indigenous Bar Association member
OTTAWA - For the first time, the Indigenous Bar Association has nominated a member of the independent advisory board that will help choose the next Supreme Court justice. The chosen board member, Davi...
May 16, 2022