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Massive community science event returns this August long weekend
Over the August long weekend, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is encouraging people to get closer to nature and contribute to protecting the species they love. NCC's fourth annual Big Backyard ...
Aug 03, 2023
Struggling Calgary Stampeders seek turnaround, starting with Toronto Argonauts
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have a mountain to climb in August starting with Friday's home game against the defending Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts. The Stampeders will attempt to clamber o...
Aug 03, 2023
Texas A&M reaches $1 million settlement with Black journalism professor
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas A&M University reached a $1 million settlement Thursday with a Black journalism professor after botched attempts to hire her unraveled after pushback over her past work ...
Aug 03, 2023
Local golfers to compete at Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship
Over half a dozen golfers from central Alberta will be taking part in the 118th playing of the Canadian Men's Amateur Championship next week.The event begins Monday, August 7 with a field of 264 amate...
Aug 03, 2023
De Grasse, LePage, Rogers among Canadian headliners for world athletics championships
OTTAWA - Decathlete Pierce LePage, hammer thrower Camryn Rogers and sprinters Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney headline the Canadian team for the upcoming world athletics ...
Aug 03, 2023
Alberta RCMP prepare for traffic safety enforcement over Heritage Day long weekend
During the upcoming August long weekend, Alberta Mounties say more drivers are expected to be driving on the highways. With Heritage Day around the corner, the Alberta RCMP says it will be out ensurin...
Aug 03, 2023
Trump arrives at DC courthouse to face charges he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump has arrived at the federal courthouse in Washington to surrender to authorities on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 defeat in the presidential el...
Aug 03, 2023
Appeal in court ruling to move harassment case against Trudeau Foundation to Quebec
MONTREAL - A woman who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is appealing a Newfoundland and Labrador court decision that would have the case moved to Quebec....
Aug 03, 2023
Rallies across Canada demand governments search landfill for slain Indigenous women
WINNIPEG - Calls to search a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women are ramping up as rallies take place across the country. Families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are...
Aug 03, 2023
Canadian electric vehicle registrations inching closer to Liberal government's target
OTTAWA - Canada is inching closer to reaching a milestone where one in every 10 passenger vehicles sold is powered by electricity. But the federal government wants the share of electric vehicles to be...
Aug 03, 2023