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TORONTO - Officials across Canada are relying on common sense and added restrictions in some cases rather than on the traditional luck of the Irish to keep St. Patrick's Day from becoming a COVID-19 s...

Since the world championships were wiped out a year ago by COVID-19, it's been a stop-and-start season of cancellations and uncertainty for Canadian figure skaters. How crazy has it been? The world ch...

Brianna Ericson of Lacombe, a longtime supporter of A Better World, has received the regional Violet Richardson Award from Soroptimist International of Central Alberta for 2021. In addition to the $50...

When Dave Mercer was in high school, a poster adorned his locker. But it wasn't of a big-name pro athlete or a favourite actor. Rather, it was of pro angler Hank Parker with his '89 Bassmasters Classi...

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister is defending her government's attack on a children's movie about Bigfoot, calling its anti-oil message inaccurate and "quite offensive." Sonya Savage also says it'...

The Drayton Valley Thunder opened their return to AJHL action with a 5-3 win Friday night over the Whitecourt Wolverines.The Thunder jumped put to an early 2-0 lead after Colson Gengenbach and Mason M...

Nate Riech pumped a fist and let out a loud "Yes!" when he crossed the finish line Saturday. His voice surely carried like a loudspeaker on full volume in the near-empty stadium. Riech shattered his o...

The Olds Grizzlys were back in game action this past weekend as the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) resumed regular season play. A nail biter of a game was played Saturday as the Drumheller Dragon...

LOS ANGELES - If Laraine Newman recounted only her experiences as an original "Saturday Night Live" player - a storied ensemble that included Gilda Radner and John Belushi - she'd have plenty of memoi...

BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela - Samuel Andrs Mendoza carefully chooses from dozens of colored pencils spread out on his kitchen table, humming a reggaeton song as he deftly applies contrast to the Dragon Ba...