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Oilers defenceman Nurse suspended one game for head-butting Danault
NEW YORK - Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse will miss Game 6 of Edmonton's first-round playoff series with Los Angeles after the NHL suspended him one game for head-butting Kings forward Phillip Danaul...
May 11, 2022
Team Brad Gushue adds E.J. Harnden at second to replace Brett Gallant
Team Brad Gushue has filled the vacancy created by Brett Gallant's departure by adding E.J. Harnden at second. Gushue, third Mark Nichols, Gallant and lead Geoff Walker earned bronze at the Beijing Ga...
May 11, 2022
Governor General's tour of Nunavik suspended amid poor weather in northern Quebec
KUUJJUAQ, Que. - Mary Simon's tour of Nunavik has been suspended due to poor weather in northern Quebec. The Governor General's third day was scheduled to take place in Kangiqsujuaq, Que., about 435 k...
May 11, 2022
Annual Community Clean Up begins May 24 in Ponoka
The Town of Ponoka's annual back alley collection of compostable yard waste is all set to begin on Tuesday, May 24 after the Victoria Day long weekend. Town officials say crews will make one pass down...
May 11, 2022
Putin guilty of 'depravity' for denying hungry Africans grain from Ukraine: Goodale
OTTAWA - Ralph Goodale, Canada's high commissioner to the United Kingdom, is accusing Vladimir Putin of "depravity" for denying hungry people in African countries and other developing nations access t...
May 11, 2022
Conservative groups go against Trump, Oz in Pa. Senate race
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Several prominent conservative groups are getting involved in Pennsylvania's race for U.S. Senate and backing candidate Kathy Barnette as an alternative to Mehmet Oz, the celebr...
May 11, 2022
2 shootings leave 10 injured, 1 dead on Chicago's South Side
CHICAGO (AP) - One person was killed and 10 were injured in two shootings on Chicago's South Side in the space of six hours on Tuesday, a spasm of gun violence on the hottest day of 2022 so far, servi...
May 11, 2022
On the brink of elimination, Oilers look for quicker start, more consistency
EDMONTON - Time is running out for the Oilers. Another slow start led to another loss Tuesday and now Edmonton is must-win territory, down 3-2 to the Los Angeles Kings in their first-round playoff ser...
May 11, 2022
Investigators find burial sites at 53 former Indigenous residential schools in U.S.
WASHINGTON - Investigators have found marked and unmarked burial sites at the locations of 53 former Indigenous residential schools in the United States. The long-awaited report from the U.S. Departme...
May 11, 2022
Screening ramps up for Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Spring is here and microbiologists at Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL) are getting busy analyzing ticks found in Alberta for the presence of Lyme disease in the province. Officials with Alberta He...
May 11, 2022