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Yosemite closes over flooding threat as huge snowpack melts
LEMOORE, Calif. (AP) - Park officials are temporarily closing much of the famed Yosemite Valley due to a forecast of flooding as rising temperatures are expected to melt the massive snowpack accumulat...
Apr 25, 2023

Injury-riddled Winnipeg Jets 'hopeful' Scheifele plays crucial Game 5 in Vegas
WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele brought some hope with him when he arrived with the Jets at the Winnipeg airport for their Tuesday flight to Las Vegas. But the team's top goal-scorer, who left Monday's 4-2 ...
Apr 25, 2023

Denmark's Holger Rune joining Team Europe for Laver Cup in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Denmark's Holger Rune is joining Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and Andrey Rublev of Russia on captain Bjorn Borg's Team Europe for this year's Laver Cup in Vancouver. Rune, a 19-year-old wh...
Apr 25, 2023

Sylvan Lake Advanced Ambulatory Care closed this afternoon
Alberta Health Services says an unexpected gap in physician coverage will cause the Sylvan Lake Advanced Ambulatory Care Service (SLAACS) to be closed early Tuesday afternoon. The service closed at 2 ...
Apr 25, 2023

Flames forward Magiapane undergoes shoulder surgery, will be ready for training camp
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames announced Tuesday that forward Andrew Mangiapane underwent shoulder surgery. The Flames say Mangiapane will be ready for training camp before next season begins. Mangiapan...
Apr 25, 2023

Red Deer-Lacombe Rural Crime Watch to host AGM
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Apr 25, 2023

Court approves sex-abuse settlement against Quebec clerics after lawyers lower fees
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has approved a $28-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed against the Clerics of Saint-Viateur of Canada by sexual-assault victims. A deal was reached i...
Apr 25, 2023

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon arrives in Yellowknife ahead of German president's visit
YELLOWKNIFE - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon arrived in Yellowknife today to begin an official visit to the Northwest Territories, a day ahead of a visit from Germany's president. Simon and her husband Whit Fra...
Apr 25, 2023

HSAA calls for DynaLIFE to commit to wage fairness and return to bargaining
Alberta health-care workers employed by DynaLIFE are asking their employer to put patients and wage fairness ahead of profits and return to the bargaining table. After a year of negotiations, official...
Apr 25, 2023

B.C. Appeal Court sides with mom in case involving access to parental medical records
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has struck down a section of the province's child protection legislation that allowed social workers to access a parent's medical records without their...
Apr 25, 2023