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Seven people dead, five escape house fire east of Calgary: RCMP
CHESTERMERE, ALBERTA - Seven people, including four children, have died in a house fire in a community just east of Calgary. The RCMP say two families were in the home in Chestermere when the fire hap...
Jul 02, 2021
Red Deer Polytechnic adjusts operations with Stage 3 of reopening
Red Deer Polytechnic is adjusting its operations as the province moves to stage three of the Open for Summer plan.Stage three kicked off July 1, and it means RDP students, employees and guests are no ...
Jul 02, 2021
Denis Shapovalov trounces Andy Murray, advances to round of 16 at Wimbledon
LONDON - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is through to the round of 16 at Wimbledon after routing Britain's Andy Murray 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 on Friday. The 22-year-old Shapovalov from Richmond Hill, Ont., had 12 a...
Jul 02, 2021
Canada meets Czechs in semifinal of must-win Olympic basketball qualifying event
VICTORIA - Canadian Dwight Powell says he's fully healed from the torn Achilles tendon that kept him out of much of the NBA basketball season and is now making up for lost time with a dominant perform...
Jul 02, 2021
Expanding Indigenous businesses in Alberta
Provincial officials have announced that Indigenous community-owned businesses can now apply for capital grants to create jobs and stimulate local economies.Aboriginal Business Investment Fund (ABIF) ...
Jul 02, 2021
Heat wave taking a toll on Alberta crops
Crop conditions in Alberta's Central region are being estimated at 77 per cent good or excellent, and on par with both the five-year and 10-year average.However, according to officials with Alberta Ag...
Jul 02, 2021
Feds lay out beefed-up flight refund rules after gaps laid bare by pandemic
OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing new rules that would strengthen passengers' right to flight refunds, ensuring reimbursement following cancellations made for reasons outside the airline's ...
Jul 02, 2021
Bail denied for man charged in young Bowden mother's death
Bail has been denied for the man accused in the death of his girlfriend this spring, a young mother from Bowden.Ross Arran McInnes, 27, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old ...
Jul 02, 2021
Vancouver Whitecaps need focus, right mindset to turn season around: coach
In the midst of a disappointing start to the season, Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Marc Dos Santos is once again reminding his team that every game in Major League Soccer is theirs to win - or lose. ...
Jul 02, 2021
Evacuee fled barefoot from wildfire that destroyed most homes in Lytton, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A woman who escaped a ferocious wildfire that destroyed the most of the village of Lytton, B.C., and surrounding First Nation communities says she didn't even have time to put shoes o...
Jul 02, 2021