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Priestman says she can focus on football now off-field distractions have diminished
Coach Bev Priestman says she has "unfinished business" with the Olympic champion Canadian women's soccer team. And with a newly signed contract to stay on through the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, ther...
Jan 30, 2024
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. looking forward to setting arbitration record win or lose
TORONTO (AP) - Although he's never gone through the process before, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. doesn't seem too unsettled about the possibility of his 2024 salary being decided by a three-person arbitratio...
Jan 30, 2024
Quebec cold case murder suspect ID'd with help of DNA research tool, trial hears
SAGUENAY, Que. - A forensic biologist has told a trial that a DNA research tool helped police hone in on the suspect who is now charged with the sexual assault and murder of a junior college student n...
Jan 30, 2024
Community Builder Partnership Fund supports 2nd Annual Lacombe Days Concert
Lacombe City Council approved a grant of $30,000 from the Community Builder Partnership Fund to the Lacombe Days Committee for their proposed 2024 Lacombe Days Concert. City officials note, the concer...
Jan 30, 2024
Jays' Guerrero follows father's footsteps as 'MLB The Show' video game cover athlete
Chalk up another father-son milestone for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The Toronto Blue Jays first baseman is the cover athlete for the "MLB The Show 24" video game, following in the footsteps of his father ...
Jan 30, 2024
Scraps, Stickwork and Star Power: A look back at the first official NHL all-star game
TORONTO - Forget floating in the neutral zone, superfluous showboating, and the shinny-style nonchalance so common in recent NHL all-star games. The inaugural 1947 contest in Toronto - the league's fi...
Jan 30, 2024
CBC head Catherine Tait set to face off with MPs over job cuts, executive bonuses
OTTAWA - The president of CBC and Radio-Canada is set to testify on Parliament Hill today following the public broadcaster's recent announcement that it would cut 10 per cent of its workforce. Catheri...
Jan 30, 2024
Trump stays on Illinois' ballot as election board declines to ban him over insurrection amendment
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois' election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state's primary ballot, a week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican's ro...
Jan 30, 2024
Updated Traffic Bylaw aims to improve safety and mobility in Lacombe
Lacombe city council approved an updated Traffic Bylaw to improve the safety and efficiency of traffic within the municipality. City officials say the Bylaw updates and consolidates key aspects of tra...
Jan 30, 2024
Preliminary hearing scheduled for pair charged in Red Deer drug trafficking investigation
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for two people charged in a Red Deer drug trafficking investigation.Tristyn Rawlins, 25, and Simon Emmerson Williamson, 23, both of Red Deer, are scheduled to ...
Jan 30, 2024