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Mark Giordano scores winner, Flames down Maple Leafs 4-3
TORONTO - Mark Giordano scored the winner and Jacob Markstrom made 24 saves as the Calgary Flames defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Friday.Matthew Tkachuk, Derek Ryan and Christopher Tanev score...
Mar 19, 2021
Most RDC students excited about return to on-campus life
Post-secondary students in Alberta can expect to be back in a regular classroom this fall.Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said this week that's the plan, and that it's made possible g...
Mar 19, 2021
Alberta Health reports zero COVID-19 deaths, increase in hospitalizations
Alberta did not add to its death toll Friday, as the province had zero COVID-19-linked deaths reported to it in the last 24 hours.The death toll since last March remains at 1,957. It's grown to that t...
Mar 19, 2021
B.C.'s top doctor 'thankful' as court ruling upholds public health orders
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's top doctor says she is thankful a petition challenging her COVID-19 orders in B.C. Supreme Court has been dismissed. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says in a...
Mar 19, 2021
Trump's Mar-a-Lago partially closed due to COVID outbreak
WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump's Palm Beach club has been partially closed because of a COVID outbreak. That's according to several people familiar with the situation, including a club mem...
Mar 19, 2021
Witness testimony identifying attacker in fatal stabbing trial will be considered
A Court of Queen's Bench justice has ruled that all evidence presented during a voir dire for a Red Deer murder trial will be considered.Justice Marilyn Slawinsky announced Friday that all evidence pr...
Mar 19, 2021
Women's national basketball coach: weight room unfairness nothing new
Lisa Thomaidis was saddened by photos that showed the shocking discrepancy between the men's and women's weight-room facilities at their NCAA basketball tournaments. But Canada's women's head coach wa...
Mar 19, 2021
Supreme Court to rule on whether carbon tax is constitutional next week
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it will issue its ruling on the fate of the national carbon tax next week. The court decision expected Thursday will determine the fate of the central pillar ...
Mar 19, 2021
Robbie Ray looks sharp as Toronto Blue Jays hammer Detroit Tigers
LAKELAND, Fla. - Toronto starter Robbie Ray allowed one run and struck out seven in 5 1/3 innings as the Blue Jays beat the Detroit Tigers 8-1 in pre-season action on Friday. JaCoby Jones' homer in th...
Mar 19, 2021
Gymnastics coach banned for life in Canada after internal investigation
OTTAWA - Former Canadian women's gymnastics coach Dave Brubaker has been banned for life by the sport's governing body in the country following an internal investigation. Brubaker was found not guilty...
Mar 19, 2021