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Going dark: Oilers take the ice without lights at pre-game skate in L.A.
LOS ANGELES - The Edmonton Oilers were in the dark when they hit the rink on Friday morning - literally. The team took the ice at Crypto.com Arena a few minutes before their scheduled pre-game skate a...
May 06, 2022
Community groups get $390,000 in post-pandemic grants
The City of Red Deer has awarded $390,000 worth of pandemic recovery grants to various community groups.Eligible expenses range from wages and training fees to restart costs, rent, utilities, insuranc...
May 06, 2022
Racing fans can't place Kentucky Derby bets in Ontario's fixed-odds industry
TORONTO - Messier will attempt to become just the third Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, but racing fans won't be able to wager on him in Ontario's fixed-odds sports betting ...
May 06, 2022
Three organizations to receive financial literacy funding for student learning
The Alberta Government is revealing more details about how it plans to improve financial literacy programs for students in Grades 3-12.An investment of about $5 million over three years will enhance s...
May 06, 2022
Sheriff: Car linked to Alabama escapee, jail worker found
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Tennessee say they have located an abandoned vehicle used by a man wanted in Alabama for murder and the jail official who disappeared with him. Williamson County ...
May 06, 2022
International federation's ethics committee to review Boxing Canada, Trepanier
The International Boxing Association wants Canada's high performance director Daniel Trepanier banned from the women's world championships. In a letter sent to Boxing Canada on Friday, the IBA said it...
May 06, 2022
Former LPGA player Salimah Mussani named Golf Canada's new women's head coach
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Salimah Mussani was named Golf Canada's new women's head coach on Friday and will oversee the development of Canada's top female amateur and professional golfers. Mussani assumes the ...
May 06, 2022
Definition of 'inefficient fossil fuel subsidy' still elusive in Canada
OTTAWA - Canada is still working on defining an "inefficient" fossil fuel subsidy, some 13 years after it signed an international agreement to eliminate them and four years since launching a peer revi...
May 06, 2022
Judge: Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified for reelection
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge in Georgia on Friday found that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green can run for reelection, rejecting arguments from a group of voters who had challenged her eligibility over allega...
May 06, 2022
Spezza, Holl to make series debut for Leafs; Simmonds, Liljegren scratched for Game 3
TAMPA, Fla. - Jason Spezza will make his series debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight in Game 3 of their first-round playoff matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 38-year-old forward sat ou...
May 06, 2022