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First phase complete for collegiate school status between seven central Alberta institutions
Seven central Alberta institutions have successfully completed the first phase of a partnership application to form a collegiate school status. The partnership, which would operate under the name Cent...
Apr 07, 2023
Canadian woman released from Syrian camp released on bail in Alberta
OTTAWA - A Canadian woman who was returned from a prison camp in Syria this week has been released on bail in Edmonton pending a terrorism peace bond application. RCMP in Alberta say the 38-year-old w...
Apr 07, 2023
Canada's Brad Gushue beats Turkey 9-5 at world men's curling championship
OTTAWA - Canada's Brad Gushue tuned up for the playoffs Friday morning with a 9-5 victory over Turkey's Ugurcan Karagoz at the world men's curling championship. Gushue broke a tie in the fifth end by ...
Apr 07, 2023
Nashville's Shaffelburg looks forward to reunion with former Toronto FC teammates
Jacob Shaffelburg cut his teeth with Toronto FC. But the Canadian winger has found a home in Nashville. The 23-year-old from Port William, N.S., joined Toronto as a homegrown player in June 2019 and w...
Apr 07, 2023
Hundreds of thousands remain without power after dedly ice storm in Quebec
MONTREAL - Hydro-Qubec says it's restored power to more than half a million customers since Wednesday's ice storm, but more than 600,000 remain in the dark. Director of Energy System Control Maxime Na...
Apr 07, 2023
'Hanging in': David Suzuki shares insights as he retires from 'The Nature of Things'
After 44 years as the face of Canada's premier science TV show, you might expect David Suzuki to feel a little sadness and a little nostalgia as he steps down as host of "The Nature of Things." Not so...
Apr 07, 2023
Record number of organ transplants performed in Alberta in 2022
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is reporting its highest-ever number of organ transplants in a single year.In 2022, they say 491 organ transplants were performed in the province, exceeding the previous ...
Apr 07, 2023
Pope Francis to miss Way of the Cross event in cold Rome
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican says Pope Francis, who was recently hospitalized for bronchitis, won't preside over Good Friday's late-night Way of the Cross event due to extremely cold weather in Rom...
Apr 07, 2023
Vancouver Whitecaps want more intensity in first Cascadia tilt vs. Portland Timbers
VANCOUVER - After a disappointing 3-0 loss to Los Angeles FC on Wednesday in CONCACAF Champions League action, the Vancouver Whitecaps are looking for a rebound on Saturday against regional rivals. Th...
Apr 07, 2023
N.S. mass shooting: how gun smuggling happened, and the inquiry's call for reforms
HALIFAX - A decade before a Nova Scotia man used smuggled guns to murder 22 people in the province in 2020, police information systems had labelled him as a firearms risk. Yet those records never foun...
Apr 07, 2023