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Court upholds ruling requiring airline to compensate families of Flight PS752 victims
Ontario's highest court has upheld a ruling that found Ukraine International Airlines legally responsible to pay full compensation to families of victims who died in the downing of Flight PS752. On Ja...
Aug 11, 2025
Sylvan Lake Gulls could advance to WCBL finals tonight
The Sylvan Lake Gulls will have the opportunity tonight to advance to the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) Championship series with a win at home.The Gulls will host the defending-champion Okot...
Aug 11, 2025
Carney, Zelenskyy talk as world leaders prepare for Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine war
OTTAWA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he spoke with Prime Minister Mark Carney by phone today ahead of the U.S.-Russia summit on the ongoing war. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia...
Aug 11, 2025
Police investigating theft from City of Lacombe public works yard
The Lacombe Police Service is investigating a break and enter and theft that happened near a City of Lacombe facility last week.Police say between 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 6, and 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 7, the sus...
Aug 11, 2025
More than half of Canadians want cuts to the federal public service: poll
OTTAWA - More than half of Canadians think the size and cost of the federal public service should be reduced in the coming years, a new Leger poll suggests. The poll suggests that 54 per cent of respo...
Aug 11, 2025
Canada's federal voting system is constitutional, Ontario Court of Appeal rules
OTTAWA - The Ontario Court of Appeal has affirmed the constitutionality of Canada's first-past-the-post electoral system. The system, laid out in the Canada Elections Act, sees the candidate who recei...
Aug 11, 2025
B.C. wildfire that forced evacuation in Okanagan region is now being held
A wildfire in the British Columbia Interior that forced a tactical evacuation of about 25 homes over the weekend is now declared as being held. The BC Wildfire Service says the classification means th...
Aug 11, 2025
Vancouver featherweight Radley Da Silva looks to impress UFC boss in Vegas showcase
When Battlefield Fight League (BFL) featherweight champion Radley (Snake Eyes) Da Silva knocked American Drake Randall out cold with a spectacular spinning heel kick last September, the crowd at the V...
Aug 11, 2025
Spanish league moves closer to holding a regular-season game in US between Villarreal and Barcelona
MADRID (AP) - The Spanish league is closer to playing a regular-season game in the United States. The Spanish soccer federation on Monday approved a request for the match between Villarreal and Barcel...
Aug 11, 2025
Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and deploying the National Guard
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday he's placing the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard to make the nation's capital safer. Tru...
Aug 11, 2025