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Town of Ponoka launches website to gain citizen input on 2026 budget
The Town of Ponoka is giving residents the opportunity to provide input on the 2026 budget.Although dates and times haven't been set, the town will host Coffee with Council events this spring and summ...
May 30, 2025
Flames name Cull assistant coach on full-time basis, release assistant Dan Lambert
CALGARY - Trent Cull has been named assistant coach for the Calgary Flames on a full-time basis, the team announced Friday. In a subsequent move, the Flames released assistant coach Dan Lambert from t...
May 30, 2025
Alberta invests additional $1.5M in empowering survivors of sexual violence
The Alberta government is investing an additional $1.5 million in sexual assault centres to help support access to counselling services for survivors of sexual violence.The province said Friday the in...
May 30, 2025
Federal bill to bolster border security expected early next week
OTTAWA - The Liberal government plans to introduce legislation soon to strengthen border security in response to continuing pressure from the United States. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree ...
May 30, 2025
PWHL Vancouver general manager excited to build expansion team's inaugral roster
VANCOUVER - Cara Gardner Morey knows her life is about to get very busy. As the first general manager of Vancouver's new Professional Women's Hockey League team, her schedule for the upcoming weeks ra...
May 30, 2025
Canada off to gold-medal game at para hockey worlds after 3-0 win over Czechia
BUFFALO - Liam Hickey and Adam Dixon scored 16 seconds apart in the opening period as Canada booked its ticket to the gold-medal game of the world para ice hockey championship on Friday with a 3-0 win...
May 30, 2025
Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to release names of residential school priests
OTTAWA - The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says it will soon release the names of 140 priests or brothers who worked in residential schools. Along with their names, the centre says it w...
May 30, 2025
Canada calls on Israel to abandon plans for new West Bank settlements
OTTAWA - Canada is calling on Israel to abandon plans unveiled Thursday to authorize 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank which it says would be illegal. Israel captured the West Bank, alon...
May 30, 2025
Benn and the Stars again fall short of a Stanley Cup shot after 3rd West final in a row
DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Stars have done what no other team has over the past three decades while reaching three conference finals in a row. They failed to win a Stanley Cup during their run. They did...
May 30, 2025
B.C. man who got $8M says he'll be penniless if made to pay sex assault damages
VANCOUVER - A B.C. man who was awarded $8 million after being wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and spending 27 years in prison says he'll be left "homeless and penniless" if forced to pay civil ...
May 30, 2025