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Alberta nurses to hold ratification vote on mediator-recommended agreement
Nurses in Alberta are set to vote later this month on a mediator's recommended settlement with their employers.The United Nurses of Alberta says an online ratification vote will take place on Oct. 30....
Oct 11, 2024
Red Deer RCMP promote railway safety with Operation Life Saver
Red Deer RCMP are impressing upon people to be safer around railway crossings.Recently, members of the detachment's traffic services and downtown patrol units, as well as peace officers, took part in ...
Oct 11, 2024
Lacombe's Rudolph to suit up for Canada at 2024 U17 World Challenge
A central Alberta hockey player has been named to one of two Canadian rosters for the upcoming 2024 U17 World Challenge. Daxon Rudolph, 16, of Lacombe, AB, is a defenceman with the WHL's Prince Albert...
Oct 11, 2024
Calgary Flames recall centre Justin Kirkland from AHL affiliate Wranglers
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames recalled centre Justin Kirkland from their American Hockey League affiliate Wranglers on Friday. Kirkland, 28, signed a one-year, two-way contract as a free agent with Cal...
Oct 11, 2024
An elevator mishap at a Colorado tourist mine killed 1 and trapped 12. The cause is still unknown
Denver (AP) - Investigators were trying to figure out Friday what led an elevator to malfunction at a former Colorado gold mine, killing one person, injuring four others and leaving 12 people trapped ...
Oct 11, 2024
Canada's Fernandez, Indonesia's Sutjiadi advance to Wuhan Open women's doubles semis
WUHAN - Canada's Leylah Fernandez and Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi advanced to the women's doubles semifinals at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament on Friday. The duo defeated the second-seeded team of A...
Oct 11, 2024
Longueuil woman charged after 10-year-old boy scalded with boiling water
MONTREAL - A woman from Montreal's South Shore has been charged with aggravated assault after allegedly splashing a 10-year-old boy with boiling water. Longueuil, Que., police this morning arrested St...
Oct 11, 2024
UN mission in Lebanon says 2 peacekeepers injured after its base was hit by new explosions
BEIRUT (AP) - The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon says new explosions hit its headquarters on Friday morning, injuring two peacekeepers, a day after Israeli forces struck the same position...
Oct 11, 2024
Montreal's Taiga Motors sells to British electric boat entrepreneur Stuart Wilkinson
Taiga Motors Corp. says the Superior Court of Qubec has approved its sale to a British electric boat entrepreneur. The Montreal-based maker of snowmobiles and watercraft says it will be purchased by S...
Oct 11, 2024
North Korea accuses South Korea of flying drones to its capital and threatens to attack next time
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has accused rival South Korea of flying drones to its capital to drop anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets and threatened to respond with force if such flights o...
Oct 11, 2024