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Family and friends remember Innisfail water-skiing legend Kreg Llewellyn
A family memorial service was held in Texas on Saturday for Canadian water-skiing legend Kreg Llewellyn.The Innisfail native died in Texas on July 7. He was 52.Llewellyn began competitive water skiing...
Jul 19, 2020
Blue Jays can't play home games in Toronto after federal government rejects plan
22TORONTO - The Blue Jays can't play home games in Toronto this season after the federal government rejected the club's plan to use Rogers Centre on Saturday.While the government gave the green light ...
Jul 19, 2020
Rain continues to dampen Alberta crop conditions
The latest crop conditions update from Alberta Agriculture backs up what we pretty much already knew - rain is having an impact right across the province. "Precipitation over the past two weeks contin...
Jul 19, 2020
Authorities look for cause of deadly glacier bus crash in Alberta Rockies
COLUMBIA ICEFIELD, Alta. - A lone RCMP truck with its lights flashing guarded the entrance to the road on Sunday where a snow coach crash killed at least three people and left 14 others badly hurt. Th...
Jul 19, 2020
Speed limit lowered near Drayton Valley hospital
The speed limit on a stretch of road near the Drayton Valley Hospital and Care Centre is being lowered. The new speed limit on Madsen Avenue from 47 Street to 39 Avenue is now 30 km/h after town counc...
Jul 19, 2020
Quebec mayor satisfied with search as police shift tactics in hunt for missing dad
ST-APOLLINAIRE, Que. - The mayor of a small Quebec town where provincial police concluded ground searches for the father of two deceased young girls is satisfied police have looked thoroughly for...
Jul 19, 2020
'Some wild hockey': NHLers say fans can expect some entertaining summer games
NHL players usually show up for training camp in September after a summer filled with workouts and skating sessions. They ease into the exhibition schedule - veterans might play half the gam...
Jul 19, 2020
Kenney says wearing masks to prevent COVID-19 spread encouraged, but won’t be mandatory
The province's premier is imploring Albertans to do the right thing by wearing masks to help limit the spread of COVID-19. But despite a recent rise in the virus in Alberta, including over 100 new cas...
Jul 19, 2020
Advocates create Canada-wide support list for sexual assault survivors
Two Somali-Canadian advocates have created an online resource specifically for racialized survivors of sexual assault, saying a centralized guide is necessary to fill gaps in both the health-care and ...
Jul 19, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, July 19
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:43 a.m. on July 19, 2020: There are 110,329 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 57,466 confirmed (including 5,655 deaths, 50,050 reso...
Jul 19, 2020