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Canadians must choose between hobbies and children's lives: gun-control group
OTTAWA - An umbrella group of gun-control advocates says any exceptions to the federal handgun freeze should be very narrowly defined. Wendy Cukier of the Coalition for Gun Control told the House of C...
Oct 25, 2022
Snow storage, fire training facilities planned near Chiles Industrial Park
The future of the land north of Red Deer's Chiles Industrial Park may include a snow storage and emergency services training facility.City council approved first reading at Monday's meeting for the ad...
Oct 25, 2022
Rebels Lind, Red Deer's Danielson, named to Preliminary Players to Watch list ahead of 2023 NHL Draft
The Western Hockey League has announced 43 WHL players, including two with ties to central Alberta, have been named to NHL Central Scouting's 'Preliminary Players to Watch' list ahead of the 2023 NHL ...
Oct 25, 2022
Minister rejects Rogers-Shaw deal, sets conditions for Freedom Mobile sale
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says he will not approve the proposed deal between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc., though he left the door open to a revi...
Oct 25, 2022
CF Montreal coach Nancy is looking ahead to improvement next season
MONTREAL - For most teams, finishing the season with the league's third-best record, playing in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and breaking both club and Major League Soccer records along the way ...
Oct 25, 2022
Rocky Mountain House Rebels to face Wetaskiwin in 9-a-side league championship
The COVID disruption of 2020-21 claimed more than a few victims in the world of sport. The loss of some teams and a shortage of officials in all sports were well documented. In football, the same chal...
Oct 25, 2022
B.C. Lions QB Nathan Rourke set to start against Winnipeg Blue Bombers
SURREY, B.C. - Head coach Rick Campbell says he expects star quarterback Nathan Rourke to start for the B.C. Lions this week. Rourke was a dominant force early in the season, throwing for 3,281 yards ...
Oct 25, 2022
Scrum half Ross Braude returns for third season with the Toronto Arrows
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have re-signed Canadian international scrum half Ross Braude for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The South African-born Braude, who qualifies to represent Canada throu...
Oct 25, 2022
Judge in Quebec racial profiling case orders end to random traffic stops
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has issued a major racial profiling ruling today, invalidating laws that allow police to randomly pull over drivers for traffic stops. Justice Michel Yergeau r...
Oct 25, 2022
Alfredsson says Hockey Hall of Fame induction a "validation" of career with Senators
OTTAWA - When Daniel Alfredsson arrived in Ottawa in the fall of 1995, that 22-year-old would have never believed he'd one day find himself in the Hockey Hall of Fame. At that time the young Swede was...
Oct 25, 2022