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Rookie quarterback Jake Maier to make third straight start when Stampeders face Elks
CALGARY - Rookie Jake Maier will make a third straight start at quarterback Monday when the Calgary Stampeders host the Edmonton Elks. Maier was listed atop Calgary's depth chat at quarterback, ahead ...
Sep 05, 2021
Red Deer County, Rocky View County launch online educational tool, “A Year on the Farm”
Ever wonder what happens year-round on the farm? Find out with Red Deer County & Rocky View County's new online, interactive tool, A Year on the Farm.A Year on the Farm was created to help non-far...
Sep 05, 2021
Final four set for Sunday’s final at Ponoka Stampede Wild West Chuckwagon Championship
There was a lot on the line on night three of the Ponoka Stampede Wild West Chuckwagon Championship in Ponoka Saturday night. Officials say capacity crowds were the order of the day and racetrack cond...
Sep 05, 2021
Twenty years later, Canadians reflect on their efforts after the 9/11 attacks
Calgary firefighter Mark Turik recalls standing at Ground Zero in January 2002, watching a group of police officers as they surrounded a body pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Centre. He was t...
Sep 05, 2021
Uncertainty reigns in Guinea after gunfire near presidency
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Heavy gunfire erupted early Sunday near the presidential palace in Guinea's capital and went on for hours, witnesses said, raising fears of a coup attempt in the West African na...
Sep 05, 2021
Twenty years later, Canadians reflect on their efforts after the 9/11 attacks
Calgary firefighter Mark Turik recalls standing at Ground Zero in January 2002, watching a group of police officers as they surrounded a body pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Centre. He was t...
Sep 05, 2021
Kovrig, Spavor supporters march in support of freeing the prisoners, as China objects
OTTAWA - As Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor mark 1,000 days in separate Chinese prisons, their supporters are taking to the streets of Ottawa and beyond on Sunday to push for their freedom. China's ...
Sep 05, 2021
Canada, allies watchful of how China will fill Western void in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - With the United States and its allies, Canada included, having left Afghanistan firmly in the hands of the Taliban, another world power is stepping into the void to exert its influence on the...
Sep 05, 2021
Kashmir leader's family charged under India anti-terror law
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir charged family members of late resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani under a harsh anti-terror law for raising anti-India slogans and wrapping h...
Sep 05, 2021
Djokovic lets emotions show at US Open as Grand Slam nears; No. 1 Barty loses
NEW YORK (AP) - Novak Djokovic did not seek to keep his thoughts to himself on court Saturday, the way he mostly did through his first two U.S. Open matches. Instead, he let it all out, slapping his c...
Sep 04, 2021