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Calgary Stampede rodeo safety to include shaded pens, heart monitors for horses
CALGARY - Tents are being set up to provide shade for bulls and broncs and some chuckwagon horses are to be fitted with tiny electrocardiograms at the upcoming Calgary Stampede. Based on scorching hea...
Jun 24, 2025

Update 7: Alberta wildfire update
Recent rainfall in central Alberta has supported wildfire fighting efforts, however conditions in the north remain warm and dry.Current situationThere are 51 wildfires currently burning across Alberta...
Jun 24, 2025

Province planting trees to help create jobs
The Alberta government has announced over $55 million is being invested to plant five million new trees, recover caribou habitat and create jobs.According to the province, populations in most of Alber...
Jun 24, 2025

Peruvian squash star Elias aims to win Tour Finals in adopted hometown of Toronto
TORONTO - Armed with an invite from Canadian squash legend Jonathon Power, Peru's Diego Elias was just 14 when he made his first appearance at Toronto's National Squash Academy. He would spend parts o...
Jun 24, 2025

Man charged with supplying chemicals to Palm Springs fertility clinic bomber dies in custody
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Washington state man who was charged with aiding the bomber of a fertility clinic in Southern California has died in federal custody just weeks after his arrest, prison officials ...
Jun 24, 2025

Early US intelligence report suggests US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new U.S. intelligence report found that Iran's nuclear program has been set back only a few months after a U.S. strike, and was not "completely and fully obliterated" as President ...
Jun 24, 2025

Man sentenced to three years in major drug and weapons seizure in Olds
A man charged in a major drug and weapons seizure in Olds has been sentenced to three years in jail. Eric Donald Becker, 36, was sentenced in Calgary Court of Justice on June 23, 2025, after being con...
Jun 24, 2025

Toronto Blue Jays release reliever Erik Swanson after he clears waivers
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays released reliever Erik Swanson after the right-hander cleared waivers, the team said Tuesday. Swanson was designated for assignment last week after posting a 15.19 earn...
Jun 24, 2025

Trump administration will provide $30 million to Israeli-backed group distributing food in Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is providing $30 million to an Israeli-backed group distributing food in Gaza, a U.S. official said Tuesday. The request is the first known U.S. government f...
Jun 24, 2025

B.C. economy will get a kick out of hosting FIFA World Cup games, government says
VICTORIA - There is less than a year to go before Vancouver is on the global stage hosting seven FIFA World Cup soccer games, and leaders are promoting the economic benefits of spending hundreds of mi...
Jun 24, 2025