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Utility worker injured in shooting in rural area east of Calgary, another person dead
ROCKY VIEW, Alta. - Mounties say the rural roadside shooting that left one worker wounded and a second person dead was not targeted. RCMP Staff Sgt. Mark Wielgosz made the statement in an investigatio...
Aug 07, 2024

1 of last GOP congressmen who voted to impeach Trump advances in Washington’s US House race
SEATTLE (AP) - One of the last remaining U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump and a candidate endorsed by the former president have advanced in Tuesday's primary to the general ele...
Aug 07, 2024

Canada's Marina Stakusic wins National Bank Open debut; Rebecca Marino eliminated
TORONTO - Marina Stakusic has advanced to the second round of the National Bank Open. The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., came back to defeat Russia's Erika Andreeva 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday...
Aug 07, 2024

Innisfail resident arrested through surveillance program
An Innisfail resident has been arrested after being surveilled through a habitual offender management program, police say. On August 6, Innisfail RCMP observed a "high risk repeat offender" allegedly ...
Aug 07, 2024

New provincial scholarship to aid outstanding public law students
The Alberta government has introduced a new scholarship to honour outstanding public law students, the Excellence in Public Law Scholarship.This scholarship will award $10,000 each to two outstanding ...
Aug 07, 2024

Redblacks aim to keep rolling against visiting Roughriders
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks are looking to pick up right where they left off. Coming off a bye week, the Redblacks (5-2) will look to extend their four-game home winning streak when they host the Sa...
Aug 07, 2024

Rafael Nadal withdraws from the US Open, the 3rd Grand Slam tournament he'll miss this year
Rafael Nadal pulled out of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, making it the third Grand Slam tournament he's missed this season and raising more questions about his future in tennis at age 38. Nadal's announ...
Aug 07, 2024

Woman, child dead in Tuesday's B.C. highway crash involving six vehicles
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Police in British Columbia's Fraser Valley say the people who died in Tuesday's multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1 were a local woman and a child. A statement from RCMP Highway Patrol...
Aug 07, 2024

Trial date set for Wetaskiwin man arrested twice in 24 hours
A trial date has been set for a Wetaskiwin man arrested and charged twice in the span of 24 hours last month. Jamie Swinamer, 35, is scheduled for trial in Wetaskiwin Court of Justice on Aug. 19, 2024...
Aug 07, 2024

Canada's Newman wins bronze in Olympic women's pole vault
PARIS - Alysha Newman has won Canada's first-ever Olympic medal in women's pole vault, claiming bronze on Wednesday with a Canadian-record height of 4.85 metres. Newman, from Delaware, Ont., finished ...
Aug 07, 2024