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Innisfail's "Battle of the Badges" raises over $6,000 and 1,400 lbs of food for charity
The Innisfail RCMP and Fire Department have announced that their first annual "Battle of the Badges" charity hockey game has raised 1, 487 pounds of food and $6,038 in cash for the Innisfail Food Bank...
Jan 10, 2023
Conservative leader calls for probe into federal contracts awarded to McKinsey
OTTAWA - Conservative party Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a parliamentary inquiry into federal contracts awarded to consulting firm McKinsey & Company. His comments come after Radio-Canad...
Jan 10, 2023
Several teams make big deals ahead of Canadian Hockey League trade deadlines
When Windsor Spitfires general manager Bill Bower learned that Shane Wright might be coming back to the Ontario Hockey League, he knew he had to start making some inquiries. Wright, who had been draft...
Jan 10, 2023
Coach Dinwiddie expects every CFL team to be gunning for Grey Cup champion Argonauts
Head coach Ryan Dinwiddie is good with the Toronto Argonauts being a measuring stick in 2023. As the defending Grey Cup champion, Toronto can expect an opponent's best effort this season. But Dinwiddi...
Jan 10, 2023
Canada and the F-35: What are we buying, and how is it different from last time?
OTTAWA - After more than a decade of partisan politics and government mismanagement, Canada is buying the F-35 fighter jet. But while the announcement has been welcomed by some, questions remain. Here...
Jan 10, 2023
Ottawa moves toward creating Indigenous and human rights ombudsperson role
OTTAWA - The federal government is appointing a ministerial special representative who will be tasked with providing recommendations for the creation of an Indigenous and human rights ombudsperson rol...
Jan 10, 2023
Former local TV host comprises digital sports collection for Red Deer archives
A new digital archives collection at The City of Red Deer showcases the city's sports heritage.Known as the Rene Rondeau Sports Video Collection, the 200 digitized videos are now part of The City's ov...
Jan 10, 2023
Long Road to Nationals: Provincial curling playdowns kick off this week
The long road to the Canadian curling championships begins in earnest this week with the kickoff of the provincial playdowns, a process that will eventually fill the fields for the national showcases ...
Jan 10, 2023
Canadian Olympic sport talent identification program adds Indigenous component
Recruitment of Indigenous athletes with Olympic dreams has been added to a Canadian talent identification program for 2023. In its eighth year, Training Ground is a joint project of the Canadian Olymp...
Jan 10, 2023
Canada to buy surface-to-air missile system for Ukraine: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Canada is buying a U.S. surface-to-air missile system for Ukraine nearly a year after Russia's invasion of the country began. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau informed U.S. President Joe Biden o...
Jan 10, 2023