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Kraken deal forward Tyler Pitlick to Calgary for fourth-round pick
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have picked up forward Tyler Pitlick from the newly formed Seattle Kraken. The Flames sent a fourth-round pick in Friday's NHL entry draft to the Kraken in exchange. Seatt...
Jul 22, 2021
Denis Shapovalov loses to Czech Vit Kopriva in surprise Swiss Open upset
GSTAAD, Switzerland - Canada's Denis Shapovalov was beaten in an upset loss at the Swiss Open Thursday. Vit Kopriva of the Czech Republic topped the No. 10-ranked Shapovalov 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 by in the se...
Jul 22, 2021
Raptors Uprising GC looks to turn things around in NBA 2K League esports play
TORONTO - Wins have been hard to come by this year for Raptors Uprising GC after making history by finishing the regular season 16-0 last year. At 5-15, the NBA 2K League esports team is bottom of the...
Jul 22, 2021
Defence aims at boat lights as O'Leary trial wraps
Overwhelming evidence showing another vessel's lights were off at the time Linda O'Leary crashed into it means she shouldn't be found guilty in the deadly boat collision, her lawyer argued in court Th...
Jul 22, 2021
Conservatives ask auditor general to review tax-change confusion
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are asking the auditor general to probe the Finance Department's handling of tax changes that left small business owners and family farmers confused for weeks. It...
Jul 22, 2021
Local retired NHLers discuss draft 'like no other'
The 2020 NHL Draft was a strange one, but it's safe to say the 2021 NHL Draft is going to be a whole new kettle of fish.When COVID shut down the world in 2020, the amateur hockey season was nearing an...
Jul 22, 2021
Rookie tight end Burt, Hamilton Tiger-Cats learning about each other at training camp
Training camp is a time for learning for both the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and rookie Jake Burt. Hamilton selected the former Boston College tight end first overall in this year's CFL draft intrigued by th...
Jul 22, 2021
Two Alberta First Nations want courts to allow appeal of decision on coal mine
A second Alberta First Nation wants the courts to allow it to appeal a review board's decision that an open-pit coal mine in the Rocky Mountains isn't in the public interest. The Stoney Nakoda Nation ...
Jul 22, 2021
Annamie Paul says 'small group' of party execs behind court case against Green leader
OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul is seeking to frame a legal challenge from her own party as the work of a "small group" of outgoing executives that amounts to a "one-sided attack." Backed by sign-t...
Jul 22, 2021
Province screening babies for spinal muscular atrophy
EDMONTON, AB - Muscular Dystrophy Canada is providing $366,000 to Alberta Precision Laboratories to implement the test through a one-year pilot program starting in early 2022. This will make Alberta t...
Jul 22, 2021