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Nurse not worried after Bulls beat Raptors 105-91 after Toronto's lengthy travel
TORONTO - Nick Nurse doesn't think that all the miles his Raptors have travelled during training camp will stop his players from adequately preparing for their NBA title defence. A whirlwind...
Oct 15, 2019

AP source: Rams get CB Jalen Ramsey from Jaguars for picks
LOS ANGELES - A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that the Los Angeles Rams have acquired star cornerback Jalen Ramsey from the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for two first-ro...
Oct 15, 2019

Cole pitches Astros past Yankees 4-1 for 2-1 lead in ALCS
NEW YORK - A gritty Gerrit Cole held the New York Yankees scoreless without his sharpest stuff, Jose Altuve sparked Houston at the plate and the Astros locked down a 4-1 victory Tuesday to take a 2-1 ...
Oct 15, 2019

Winnipeg teen with terminal cancer encourages people to get out to vote
WINNIPEG - Maddison Yetman had been looking forward to voting in her first federal election since junior high school, but she never expected it to be her last. The 18-year-old from Winnipeg recently r...
Oct 15, 2019

Meet the candidate: Earl Dreeshen, Conservative Party of Canada
Seeking a fourth term in office, Earl Dreeshen, Conservative candidate for Red Deer-Mountain View, says his roots in the Pine Lake area continue to motivate him to do better by his constituents and al...
Oct 15, 2019 (Supplied)

Defending champion Raptors experimenting after departures
Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse expects he'll be experimenting with lineups a lot in the early part of the season. That's the challenge when you lose two starters from any team, let alone an NBA...
Oct 15, 2019

Cup champion Blues visit Trump at White House as full team
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump honoured the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues on Tuesday, using the occasion to touch on the situation in Turkey and an agriculture deal with China. Every retur...
Oct 15, 2019

Trudeau says threat to his safety comes at time of online polarization and hate
TORONTO - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau called out his political opponents for widening divisions and ramping up the rhetoric Sunday after he was forced by a security threat to wear a bullet...
Oct 15, 2019

Rocky RCMP Report: Oct. 10-17
This is a report released to the media from the Rocky Mountain House RCMP giving a brief description of various crimes and call-ins, both solved and unsolved throughout the community between the dates...
Oct 15, 2019

Meet the candidate: Paul Mitchell, People's Party of Canada
Pipelines and equalization are among the hot button issues with central Alberta voters, according to Paul Mitchell, People's Party of Canada candidate for Red Deer-Mountain View.The former Reform Part...
Oct 15, 2019 Paul Mitchell, People's Party of Canada (PPC) candidate for Red Deer-Mountain View. (Photo supplied)