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Two-time defending champs Vipers succumb to Colts comeback from three games down
The Red Deer Vipers 2018-19 season ended Saturday night in heartbreaking fashion. At home to the Mountainview Colts in game seven of their 2nd round HJHL playoff series, the Vipers were attempting to ...
Mar 03, 2019
Alberta flu deaths stagnant through month of February
Despite zero Albertans dying from the flu in the entire month of February, Alberta Health Services still says you should get your shot. The fortunate streak of no fatalities goes back even further to ...
Mar 03, 2019
Brad Jacobs curling team tackles space "in between the ears" in a mental reboot
BRANDON, Man. - Brad Jacobs’s team stood at a crossroads after the 2018 Winter Olympics when the curling carousel was in full spin. Many of Canada’s top male curlers were mixing and matchi...
Mar 03, 2019
Late Toronto rally carries the Wolfpack past Dewsbury Rams in rugby league play
DEWSBURY, United Kingdom - A 70th-minute Gareth O’Brien try completed a late Toronto comeback as the Wolfpack rallied to defeat the Dewsbury Rams 22-17 in Betfred Championship rugby league play ...
Mar 03, 2019
Encouraging byelection result has Greens hoping for a breakthrough in Quebec
MONTREAL - The Green Party of Canada’s encouraging result in a federal byelection in a Quebec riding last week has deputy leader Daniel Green hopeful the party can make a major breakthrough in t...
Mar 03, 2019
Canadian Abel takes bronze medal in three-metre at diving World Series
SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Canadian Jennifer Abel won the bronze medal in the women’s three-metre springboard final on Sunday at the FINA diving World Series while teammate Pamela Ware finished just of...
Mar 03, 2019
Kingsbury takes Crystal Globe, final World Cup event cancelled due to fog
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury earned his eighth Crystal Globe title Sunday without having to compete in the season-ending moguls World Cup event. The dual moguls competition was...
Mar 03, 2019
Syncrude wants judge to dismiss lawsuit of former firefighter with PTSD
CALGARY - Oilsands giant Syncrude Canada wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a former first responder who claims he was wrongfully fired following a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. Mich...
Mar 03, 2019
Alienated: Alberta project seeks to find common language on climate change
EDMONTON - Mentioning climate change can kill a conversation. But a new Alberta project is using the topic to start one - and is showing people from geologists to farmers to environmentalists that the...
Mar 03, 2019
Mexico pushing labour reform, won't ratify new NAFTA with U.S. tariffs in place
OTTAWA - Mexico’s Congress will be asked to approve a major labour-reform bill this spring as a necessary step to ratifying the new North American free-trade pact later this autumn, say Mexican ...
Mar 03, 2019