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Semi rollover closes northbound QE II Highway at Innisfail
Major traffic delays are occurring south of Red Deer this hour as a result of a collision on the QE II Highway. According to 511 Alberta, the collision on the northbound lanes, north of Innisfail near...
Jan 14, 2020

Jewish group seeks removal of anti-Semite's name from Quebec street and park
MONTREAL - A Jewish advocacy group is calling on a city south of Montreal to rename a street and a park honouring a man who sought to prevent Jews from ever buying his land. David Ouellette,...
Jan 14, 2020

Encana shareholders vote 90% for name change and HQ move
Shareholders in Encana Corp. have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the oil and gas company moving its headquarters to Denver from Calgary and changing its name to Ovintiv Inc.CEO Doug Suttles says th...
Jan 14, 2020 encana

Rebels lead blood challenge with Hurricanes through two weeks
The Red Deer Rebels are off to a good start in their bid to outdo the Lethbridge Hurricanes this month in support of Canadian Blood Services. Once again in January, the Rebels and Hurricanes are compe...
Jan 14, 2020

Toronto FC officially parts ways with French winger Nicolas Benezet
Toronto FC officially parted ways with French winger Nicolas Benezet on Tuesday, sending his rights to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for US$50,000 general allocation money. Toronto will get another ...
Jan 14, 2020

Villanova Wildcats to retire Kyle Lowry's jersey during a game next month
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry will see his Villanova jersey raised to the Finneran Pavilion rafters next month. As part of the team's 100th-season celebrations, the Wildcats are retiring the j...
Jan 14, 2020

N.S. hockey group withdraws from Hockeyville competition to support P.E.I. rival
HALIFAX - A minor hockey organization in Nova Scotia has withdrawn its entry from a national competition for funding, saying it is throwing its support behind a smal...
Jan 14, 2020

Canada looks to add to valuable FIFA ranking points in friendly against Iceland
Two wins, eight goals but just 2.26 ranking points. A pair of comfortable 4-1 victories over No. 162 Barbados has given Canada confidence but done little to move the needle when it come...
Jan 14, 2020

'He messed with the wrong guy': Kassian sends warning to Tkachuk ahead of rematch
EDMONTON - It doesn't appear Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Kassian is ready to drop his feud with Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk. Kassian spoke to reporters Tuesday, a day after the NHL handed ...
Jan 14, 2020

Raptors forward Pascal Siakam appreciates Canadian Gilgeous-Alexander's feat
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam knows how tough it is to grab 20 rebounds in a game. And so the Toronto Raptors forward has a ton of respect for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who recorded his first triple-double o...
Jan 14, 2020