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Scraps, Stickwork and Star Power: A look back at the first official NHL all-star game
TORONTO - Forget floating in the neutral zone, superfluous showboating, and the shinny-style nonchalance so common in recent NHL all-star games. The inaugural 1947 contest in Toronto - the league's fi...
Jan 30, 2024
CBC head Catherine Tait set to face off with MPs over job cuts, executive bonuses
OTTAWA - The president of CBC and Radio-Canada is set to testify on Parliament Hill today following the public broadcaster's recent announcement that it would cut 10 per cent of its workforce. Catheri...
Jan 30, 2024
Trump stays on Illinois' ballot as election board declines to ban him over insurrection amendment
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois' election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state's primary ballot, a week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican's ro...
Jan 30, 2024
Updated Traffic Bylaw aims to improve safety and mobility in Lacombe
Lacombe city council approved an updated Traffic Bylaw to improve the safety and efficiency of traffic within the municipality. City officials say the Bylaw updates and consolidates key aspects of tra...
Jan 30, 2024
Preliminary hearing scheduled for pair charged in Red Deer drug trafficking investigation
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for two people charged in a Red Deer drug trafficking investigation.Tristyn Rawlins, 25, and Simon Emmerson Williamson, 23, both of Red Deer, are scheduled to ...
Jan 30, 2024
National security world tends to promote secrecy over transparency, professor warns
OTTAWA - A law professor is warning the federal inquiry into foreign interference that there's a tendency in the national security realm to prioritize secrecy over transparency. University of Calgary ...
Jan 30, 2024
18 C in Metro Vancouver as atmospheric river smashes heat records, brings heavy rain
Unseasonable warmth brought by an atmospheric river has shattered records - some almost a century old - at more than 30 B.C. locations, with the mercury passing 18 C in parts of Metro Vancouver. Envir...
Jan 30, 2024
Roughriders sign veteran defensive lineman Lanier to one-year extension
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed American defensive lineman Anthony Lanier II to a one-year contract extension Tuesday. Lanier was eligible to become a free agent next month. The six-foot-...
Jan 30, 2024
Discrimination probe launched into police use of force in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's human rights commissioner has launched an inquiry into police use of force against people who are racialized or dealing with mental health issues. Kasari Govender says i...
Jan 30, 2024
If Trudeau's Jamaican vacation was unacceptable, public would know: ethics watchdog
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog is asking parliamentarians and the public to read between the lines about advice he gave to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before his recent holiday trip. Konrad vo...
Jan 30, 2024