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Cystic Fibrosis Canada Scores Big with the Help of the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation
The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation selected Cystic Fibrosis Canada as its recipient charity for their online 50/50 draw Monday, May 3, in honour of cystic fibrosis awareness month. "We were prou...
May 05, 2021
Northwest Territories to offer vaccines to 12- to 17 year-olds in Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories says it will offer vaccinations against COVID-19 to young people between 12 and 17 starting Thursday. The territory, which has only been using the Moderna vacci...
May 05, 2021
Cougar believed to be responsible for B.C. attack killed: conservation service
AGASSIZ, B.C. - The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says it believes it has killed the cougar responsible for an attack on Tuesday that left a woman in hospital with serious injuries. Th...
May 05, 2021
New York Rangers abruptly dump team president, GM
The New York Rangers abruptly fired president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton on Wednesday with three games left in the season, a shocking move in the aftermath of the latest controversy...
May 05, 2021
Calkins claims former long gun registry information still out there
The Conservative MP for Red Deer-Lacombe is looking for answers after recently learning data from the federal government's former long-gun registry is still in existence somewhere.Blaine Calkins says ...
May 05, 2021
Decathlete Damian Warner says being a dad has brought balance and new perspective
Damian Warner says becoming a dad has made him appreciate his mom that much more. The Olympic decathlon bronze medallist and longtime partner Jen Cotten, a former national team hurdler, welcomed son T...
May 05, 2021
Mental Health Week highlights help available for central Albertans
"Name it, don't numb it."That's the theme for this year's Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Mental Health Week, May 3-9.Christine Stewart, executive director for CMHA Central Alberta Region, s...
May 05, 2021
Caitlyn Jenner doing first sit-down interview of campaign
LOS ANGELES - Caitlyn Jenner's candidacy for California governor is about to go from virtual to reality. The Republican who calls herself a "compassionate disrupter" sits down for her first in-person ...
May 05, 2021
MPs vote against Tories' call to fire Trudeau's chief of staff over Vance complaint
OTTAWA - Opposition parties rejected a call from Conservatives for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fire his chief of staff over the handling of a complaint against Canada's former top soldier. The To...
May 05, 2021
Last town-owned home purchased by Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity has purchased the third and final home from the Town of Rocky Mountain House in Creekside.The nonprofit organization had approached the Town to purchase the vacant units located i...
May 05, 2021