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Major League Rugby loses franchises in Austin and L.A. for 2023 season
Major League Rugby, home to the Toronto Arrows, will play the 2023 season without the Austin Gilgronis and the Los Angeles Giltinis. The league cited the uncertainties surrounding the Austin and Los A...
Oct 25, 2022
Preliminary hearing scheduled for man charged in Sundre homicide
A Sundre man charged in a local homicide this summer may find out next year if his case has enough evidence to go to trial.Solaimane Elbettah, 27, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Calgary pro...
Oct 25, 2022
Temporary lane closure on 50 Street in Ponoka scheduled
Officials with the Town of Ponoka say a temporary lane closure is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., on 50 Street, just north of Chipman Avenue on Wednesday, October 26 and again on Monday, October 31,...
Oct 25, 2022
Vancouver council approves UN declaration on Indigenous rights strategy
Vancouver council has passed an Indigenous rights strategy that it says will make the city a national and world leader in implementing a plan towards reconciliation. The strategy is based on the Unite...
Oct 25, 2022
Alberta premier Danielle Smith calls for new arena in Calgary
CALGARY - Alberta's premier has stated her support for a new arena in Calgary to house the NHL's Flames and wants the province to get involved. Danielle Smith said in a statement Tuesday that the 39-y...
Oct 25, 2022
Mountie who recorded Lucki meeting first told investigators tape lost on stolen phone
HALIFAX - An affidavit by an RCMP security investigator details how the force obtained recordings of a tense meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the Mounties' investiga...
Oct 25, 2022
Albertans invited to discuss Heritage Savings Trust Fund
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta's Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund is inviting Albertans to take part in its annual public meeting on Thursday, October 27, 2022, from ...
Oct 25, 2022
Mendicino says email from Lucki doesn't mean Emergencies Act was unnecessary
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is brushing off concerns about an email sent to his office from the RCMP commissioner just hours before the government invoked the Emergencies Act last ...
Oct 25, 2022
Francophone settlement service in Red Deer hosting open house Oct. 27
The Francophonie Albertaine au Plurielle -- FRAP -- has a new office in Red Deer.The Edmonton-based organization, which provides settlement services primarily for Francophones, expanded to central Alb...
Oct 25, 2022
Red Deer Polytechnic welcomes back the 1991-1992 Queens Basketball team
Friends. Teammates. Coaches. All were brought back together into one gym at the Red Deer Polytechnic Kings and Queens Basketball home opener this past Friday night. With the polytechnic hosting Homeco...
Oct 25, 2022