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Defending champion Town Cruise highlights solid '22 Ricoh Woodbine Mile field
TORONTO - Daisuke Fukumoto and Town Cruise will be in tough to defend their $1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile crown. Fukumoto guided 8-1 pick Town Cruise to a 2 1/4-length victory in last year's race, gi...
Sep 14, 2022

Blackfalds town council supports proposed project for first miniature golf course
Council in the Town of Blackfalds voiced in unanimous support on Monday, a proposed project for their first miniature golf course.At their meeting on September 13, Rick Kreklewich, Director of Communi...
Sep 14, 2022

Toronto Arrows sign Australian-born Canada-eligible prop Connor Grindal
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have signed Australian-born prop Connor Grindal for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. While born in Sydney, the 24-year-old Grindal is Canada-eligible by virtue of Canad...
Sep 14, 2022

Monday will be a federal holiday to mark Queen's state funeral: What does this mean?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has declared Sept. 19 a federal holiday to mourn Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her state funeral in London. Some provinces are closing schools and select workplaces, w...
Sep 14, 2022

Province announces red tape reduction efforts for oil service rigs
The governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan, along with industry stakeholders, have announced they've secured a regulation exemption from Ottawa that will allow oil service rigs to move freely between...
Sep 14, 2022

Officials probing whether Northeastern explosion was staged
Federal officials are examining whether the employee who reported an explosion at Northeastern University may have lied to investigators and staged the incident, law enforcement officials said Wednesd...
Sep 14, 2022

Text message campaign targets Quebec MP Alain Rayes, who left Conservative party
OTTAWA - A member of Parliament who quit the Conservative caucus says Pierre Poilievre's office sent a text message to party members in his Quebec riding asking them to encourage him to resign. Alain ...
Sep 14, 2022

Don't blame schools for high COVID rates among B.C. youth: provincial health officer
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial health officer says the findings of a study she co-authored showing children and youth have had the highest rates of COVID-19 in parts of the province should ...
Sep 14, 2022

Chair of N.S. shooting inquiry worries budget constraints could tether RCMP watchdog
HALIFAX - The chairman of Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry has raised concerns that budget constraints could end up tethering investigations by the watchdog agency that oversees complaints against ...
Sep 14, 2022

Minister Shandro: Revolving bail system & statutory release
Albertans are becoming increasingly angry with the catch-and-release system that allows dangerous criminals back into our communities. This is not the fault of the Alberta Justice system, local courts...
Sep 14, 2022