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B.C. Lions already dealing with adversity heading into 2021 CFL season
The first CFL game of the year has yet to kick off but the B.C. Lions have already become accustomed to adapting on the fly. Smoke from nearby wildfires forced the team to curtail its training camp in...
Aug 04, 2021
CFL commissioner Ambrosie not closing the door on resumption of XFL partnership talks
The focus remains on the 2021 season but CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie hasn't closed the door on partnership talks with the XFL. Last month, the two leagues announced separately that negotiations ha...
Aug 04, 2021
Red Deer's Reading College graduates 10th class
Sixty-four soon-to-be grade three students walked across the stage this past week to wrap up another year of Reading College.The program gives students about to enter grade three a chance to catch up ...
Aug 04, 2021
Red Deer MMA fighter hoping for 'Grande' pro debut Aug. 6
Ask Jett 'Fighter' Grande and there's no doubt who the victor will be this Friday.From The DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that's when Grande, a Red Deerian, will make his professional Mixed Mart...
Aug 04, 2021
Canadian Tajon Buchanan continues remarkable rise with MLS all-star selection
Canadian international Tajon Buchanan's remarkable rise continued Wednesday when he was named an MLS all-star. The 22-year-old winger from Brampton, Ont., who plays for the New England Revolution, was...
Aug 04, 2021
Changes to COVID isolation policy follow Dr. Hinshaw’s recommendations: Kenney
Premier Jason Kenney is attributing science and data as the key reasons behind the decision to lift all COVID-19 isolation requirements.Last week, Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena ...
Aug 04, 2021
Border workers issue strike notice to government, job action to start Friday: union
OTTAWA - A union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers says its members will begin job action across the country on Friday. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Cust...
Aug 04, 2021
Injured vets filing claims faster than officials can process them despite extra staff
OTTAWA - New figures from Veterans Affairs Canada show that despite adding hundreds of staff, injured ex-soldiers are still submitting claims for disability benefits faster than officials are processi...
Aug 04, 2021
Albertans ready for single event sports betting, says AGLC
Officials with Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis (AGLC) are eagerly awaiting the effective date of Bill C-218, the recently passed federal legislation which would allow players to wager on the out...
Aug 04, 2021
After long delay due to global pandemic, CFL finally set to resume playing football
Commissioner Randy Ambrosie and the CFL are finally back in the football business. The CFL kicks off the '21 season Thursday night, its first action since the 2019 Grey Cup game. The league cancelled ...
Aug 04, 2021