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Battle of Alberta hockey allegiances split in Red Deer
The old Crown and Anchor bar in Red Deer, Alta., was famous for its line drawn down the middle when hosting hockey fans during the fierce Battle of Alberta playoff games of the late-1980s. Calgary Fla...
May 16, 2022
Calls increase for feds, province, others to help search for boy
The Red Earth First Nation is looking to the provincial and federal governments for 'boots on the ground' as the search for Frank Young enters its 28th day.Speaking at a news conference earlier today ...
May 16, 2022
Bloc, NDP support Tory bid to revive committee studying Canada-China relations
OTTAWA - MPs have voted to re-establish a special committee on Canada-China relations. The committee was first set up in 2019 in light of prolonged diplomatic friction with China, with a mandate to ex...
May 16, 2022
Former CFL star Tony Gabriel knows what striking CFL players are going through
Tony Gabriel can sympathize with striking CFL players. The Hall of Fame tight end was involved in the league's first strike in 1974, which was staged during training camp but settled before the season...
May 16, 2022
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
Officials: Buffalo gunman taunted law enforcement online
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The white gunman accused of massacring 10 Black people in a racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket taunted law enforcement online last month and visited Buffalo back in March, in...
May 16, 2022
Métis leader calls for Queen to apologize for residential schools
The president of the Mtis National Council says the Queen should apologize for residential schools to help survivors and their families heal. Cassidy Caron says residential school survivors told her t...
May 16, 2022
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
Shake the Dust Off
It's May and we are patiently awaiting our first spring shower. The snow from winter has mostly melted. When I started writing this a few days ago there was still snow in the bush lines, but it appear...
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
